MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : SYRIA REPORT BY INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR : JENNIFER CAFARELLA

 

9. August 2019 – The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) recently conducted a triple bombing in territory in Northeast Syria controlled by U.S.-backed forces.

 

This attack is among the key events from the war in Syria over the last several weeks covered in the latest Syria Situation Report (SITREP) map.

 

View the enlarged map here.

 

The ISIS attack also adds to the signs of the group’s resurgence across the Syria-Iraq theater. A new U.S. government oversight report reinforced the core conclusions and warnings of the June 2019 ISW report “ISIS’s Second Comeback: Assessing the Next ISIS Insurgency,” authored by Jennifer Cafarella with Brandon Wallace and Jason Zhou.

 

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