'We have concluded that the real intention of ISIS is to begin a mission they're calling 'break down the fences,'' Iraq's Lieutenant General Saad al-Allaq said.
Although ISIS was founded in 1999, it reached its height in 2015 after conquering large portions of Syria and Iraq and declaring it had formed an Islamic caliphate. The extremist organization was noted for its brutality, which it broadcast online in videos of beheadings, people being thrown from the roofs of buildings and captives getting burned alive.
The U.S. backed the Iraqi military and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the extremist group, and the militants have largely been subdued. But President Donald Trump drew significant criticism,, when he abruptly decided to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria last month. Critics argued that the U.S. would be seen to be abandoning its Kurdish allies and that the move would lead to an ISIS resurgence.
In the resulting chaos of the U.S. withdrawal, which also allowed Turkey to invade northern Syria, several ISIS fighters and hundreds of ISIS affiliates were able to escape detention. American military leaders convinced Trump to leave 800 to 1,000 troops in Syria, telling the president that they were needed toTrump has insisted repeatedly that ISIS is defeated, despite significant warnings like the one raised by the Iraqi intelligence leader to CNN.
On March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul, a member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the ISIS logo in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training center by the jihadists.last month after Trump announced his Syria withdrawal. The senator characterized the move as"a big win for ISIS."
At the end of October, Trump approved a special operations force raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Although the president
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