Defense Secretary Hagel: Fight to defeat Islamic State is long-term

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday Iraqi security forces were in full control of Baghdad but that the embattled Syrian city of Kobani was a very difficult problem. Hagel told a news conference in the Chilean capital that the fight against Islamic State militants, who have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, was a long-term fight. (Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Diane Craft)