Terrorist Organization
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A militant Sunni jihadist group that controlled large portions of Iraq and Syria from 2014-2017, now reduced to scattered cells conducting sporadic attacks. - Degraded insurgency; no territorial control; conducting low-level guerrilla operations
Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State in December 2017 after recapturing Mosul and eliminating the group's territorial caliphate. Eight years later, Iraqi F-16s are still hunting militants in desert hideouts—a reminder that defeating an insurgency's territory is not the same as defeating its fighters.
Updated Feb 12
Jihadist militant organization that has conducted deadly attacks in Turkey since 2014. - Active cells operating in Turkey despite territorial defeat in 2019
A six-hour gun battle at 2am in a Turkish village left three police officers and six ISIS militants dead on December 30. Officers İlker Pehlivan, Turgut Külünk, and Yasin Koçyiğit died storming a house in Elmalik where militants used women and children as human shields, refusing police pleas to surrender. Eight more officers and a night watchman were wounded before the standoff ended at 9:40am with all five women and six children evacuated safely.
Updated Dec 30, 2025
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