Is Europe the Next Stop for ISIS?
Jessica Lewis McFate
ISIS is already "developing and executing its strategy" for Europe. This includes, among other things, terrorist networks and recruiting nertworks "that can flow in reverse."
Jessica Lewis McFate
ISIS is already "developing and executing its strategy" for Europe. This includes, among other things, terrorist networks and recruiting nertworks "that can flow in reverse."
ISW's Research Director Jessica Lewis McFate talks with WSJLive's Mary Kissel about ISIS intentions. She says that ISIS is already developing and executing its strategy in Europe and that involves "terrorist networks and recruiting networks that can flow in reverse."
The operation to retake Tikrit city appears to have begun.
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Very recent reports indicate that Alam, an area of Iraqi Sunni majority that showed early signs of resistance to ISIS, has been re-taken by the combined forces allied with the Iraqi government.
On October 6, the Institute for the Study of War released a new report on Sunni insurgent groups other than ISIS in Iraq. Although the global community is now focused on the ISIS threat and is building an anti-ISIS coalition, this report shows that these other violent Sunni groups "remain a threat to the government of Iraq even if ISIS is removed."
The battle for Tikrit city is likely nearing. Combined forces from the ISF, Iraqi Shi'a militias, and Iraqi Sunni tribal fighters from Salah ad-Din Province have been making gains on the eastern front where the majority of military operations have taken place so far.