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April 9, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2018/04/06/as-trump-mulls-a-pullout-isis-attempts-to-re-emerge-in-syria/

ISIS Attempts to Re-emerge in Syria

(AP-Military Times) Sarah El Deeb and Philip Issa - Despite being kicked out of the main towns they once occupied in Syria, Islamic State is showing signs of a revival. ISIS still has cells present in all areas, said Mohammed Abu Adel, commander of the U.S.-backed Manbij Military Council, the joint Kurdish-Arab body administering this northern Syrian town. Last week, 400 Islamic State fighters crossed the Euphrates River and attacked Boukamal, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, killing 11 pro-government fighters while losing five of their own.

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