The Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago.
FILE - Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2013. Ten years after the Islamic State group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists now control no land, have lost many prominent founding leaders and are mostly away from the world news headlines.
“Al-Baghdadi’s sermon — an extension of the extremist ideology of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — continue to inspire ISIS members globally,” said retired U.S. Army officer Myles B. Caggins III, senior nonresident fellow at the New Lines Institute and former spokesman for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. He was referring to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. strike in 2006.
The war against IS officially ended in March 2019, when U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces captured the eastern Syrian town of Baghouz, which was the last sliver of land the extremists controlled. “It is not possible for to claim a caliphate once again. They don’t have the command or control capabilities to do so,” Iraqi army Maj. Gen. Tahseen al-Khafaji told the AP at the headquarters of the Joint Special Operations Command in Baghdad, where Iraqi officers and officials from the U.S.-led coalition supervise operations against the extremists.
Also at the headquarters, Sabah al-Noman of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service said that having lost its hold on Iraq, the militant group is focused mostly on Africa, especially the Sahel region, to try to get a foothold there.
World News Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Mass Stabbing Against Anti-Islamic Extremism Rally May Have Been Islamic Extremism, Police SaySource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »
A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethalThe Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago. IS is now defeated but it still carries out deadly attacks around the world. The group that shocked the world with its brutality and once controlled parts of Iraq and Syria now relies mainly on sleeper cells.
Read more »
A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethalThe Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago.
Read more »
US targeted Islamic State group leader in airstrike last month: ReportAccording to U.S. officials, it is unknown whether Abdulqadir Mumin was one of the three militants belonging to the group who were killed in the strike.
Read more »
Minnesota man who joined Islamic State group is sentenced to 10 years in prisonA Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria after becoming radicalized expressed remorse and wept in open court Thursday as he was…
Read more »
Minnesota man who fought for Islamic State group is sentenced to 10 years in prisonThe Associated Press
Read more »