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Containing a Resilient ISIS in Central and North-eastern Syria
Its self-declared caliphate is gone, but ISIS continues to stage attacks and intimidate the public in much of its former domain.
The forces fighting the group need to hinder the militants’ movement between Syria’s regions – and, above all, to avoid debilitating conflicts with one another.
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ISIS is waging a resilient insurgency throughout central and north-eastern Syria.
It treats these two quasi-independent zones as interconnected theatres, giving it flexibility in its strategy for reasserting territorial control.
The myriad forces battling the group, meanwhile, often work at cross-purposes.
Why does it…