US defence chief expects more resources for anti-IS fight

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter expressed confidence Wednesday that countries engaged in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq will pour more military resources into the battle. After a meeting of defence ministers of countries involved in the anti-IS coalition, Carter said there was "common recognition that we must all be prepared to do more". Defence ministers meeting at the US European Command's headquarters in Stuttgart also examined their economic and political cont