(Foreign Affairs) Vera Mironova, Ekaterina Sergatskova, and Karam Alhamad - While ISIS is disintegrating, its Emni Internal Security bureau still presents a major challenge. In Iraq, many of the most experienced and dedicated Emni members were able to escape when ISIS fell. According to one senior Emni member currently in hiding, there are around 1,500 ISIS members stationed in Mosul and ready to take up weapons. Emni foreigners (and in particular, its leadership) were among the most likely to escape Iraq and Syria and head elsewhere - including to Europe. Some still work for Emni and, as a result, can simply pick up ISIS activities in a new place.
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