Islamic State Attacks Are Increasing As They Lose Territory

BBC

Reuters: Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS

Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday.

There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants' sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report.

Those attacks killed 2,150 people, a 44 percent rise over the previous three months and the highest quarterly toll in nearly a year.

"The group is resorting more and more to mass-casualty violence as it comes under heavy pressure from multiple angles," said Matthew Henman, head of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center.

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Update #1: Islamic State Escalates Operations in Response to Territory Loss, IHS Says (Business Wire)
Update #2: Islamic State Boosts Attacks Under Pressure (SKY News)

WNU Editor: I suspect that we have yet to see the full brunt of this war .... and when we do it will be when the assault on the Iraqi city Mosul occurs, followed by an assault on the Syrian city of Raqqa.