Task & Purpose: ISIS In Syria Is Not Destroyed Yet, The Pentagon Just Admitted
ISIS is like a plantar wart on your toe: If you don’t cut all of it out, it will come back and start spreading again.
That appears to be what’s happening in Syria, where the terrorist group has surged attacks into areas that the Syrian regime and its Russian allies had controlled, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.
Previously, government officials confidently asserted that ISIS has lost 98% of its caliphate in Iraq and Syria since U.S.-led military operations began in August 2014 Now that ISIS is no longer a conventional army, the fight has become more complicated. The terrorist group is embracing asymmetric warfare tactics and can appear in areas thought cleared. The Syrian regime and Russians prefer to use brute force to solve all problems, but ISIS is attacking their weaknesses, not strengths.
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More News On Reports That ISIS Is Regaining Control Of Some Areas Of Syria
ISIS regaining control of some areas of Syria, US military says -- Washington Examiner
US lawmakers jolted by Syria briefing, Pentagon warns of IS resurgence -- AFP
ISIS 'Resurgence' Along Euphrates as Number of Remaining Fighters in Syria Unclear -- PJ Media
Trump Keeps Saying ISIS Has Been Defeated. But The US Military Says It's Gaining Ground. -- Buzz Feed
US, Syrian opposition force target remaining ISIS stronghold -- FOX News
Coalition Ramps Up Strikes Amid Resurgence of ISIS Fighters in Syria -- Military.com
Why US forces remain near Manbij while ISIS has moved elsewhere in Syria -- Tara Copp, Military Times/AP
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but trump told us we finished that job
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