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When Measuring ISIS’s “Resurgence”, Use the Right Standard
Memories of the Islamic State’s 2014-2015 “caliphate” peak in Iraq and Syria colour views of its present capacity, leading officials and observers either to exaggerate or understate its...
In Iraq, the group does pose a danger.
Gauging it properly is key to containing it.
- Sam Heller
- ICG
On the night of Friday, 1 May, the Islamic State (ISIS) launched one of its most ambitious operations in Iraq in recent memory.
Several units of the jihadist group converged on Iraqi paramilitary forces securing a rural section of Salahuddin province, engaging them in an hours-long attack that ended with…
The 1 May…