An American report indicates the increase in ISIS members in Iraq and Syria

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[size=52]An American report indicates the increase in ISIS members in Iraq and Syria[/size]

[size=45]A report by the Voice of America website, yesterday, Saturday, reported an increase in ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria over the past two months, indicating that the organization is launching new and powerful attacks against forces loyal to the Syrian regime.[/size]
[size=45]US Central Command data showed that the number of ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq is about 2,500 people, double the estimates issued at the end of last January.[/size]
[size=45]The report also indicated that there are new studies that highlight these concerns, as the Center for the Countering Extremism Project explained in its report issued earlier this week that ISIS “certainly carried out at least 69 attacks in central Syria last month.”[/size]
[size=45]These attacks caused the deaths of at least 84 Syrian regime soldiers and 44 civilians, which is more than double the total number of confirmed ISIS operations during 2024.[/size]
[size=45]The Countering Extremism Project, which defines itself as a non-profit, non-partisan international policy organization created to combat the growing threat of extremist ideology, noted that March “was the most violent month in the ISIS insurgency in the Badia (central Syria) since late 2017, when the organization lost power.” “Control of captured areas.”[/size]
[size=45]The report continued: “ISIS cells successfully and continuously targeted regime positions, setting up ambushes, capturing soldiers, and repeatedly executing them.”[/size]
[size=45]In a report issued this week by the Rojava Information Center, affiliated with the Kurds, ISIS continued its attacks at a significant pace in parts of Syria controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the United States.[/size]
[size=45]The center counted 27 ISIS attacks in March, 26 in February, and 16 attacks last January.[/size]
[size=45]These fears are not new, as an official with the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces told the Voice of America website last January that the activities of the terrorist organization “have increased significantly” whether in areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces or the Assad regime.[/size]
[size=45]Although the organization's growth can be considered somewhat “modest,” Bill Roggio, a fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Voice of America that ISIS “always maintains its capabilities, even after losing control of Mosul, Raqqa, and other locations.” “.[/size]
[size=45]He continued: “We were never defeated... because we did not do enough to actually defeat them.” In other places like Syria, it will be very difficult to work because who will you work with? Who will you cooperate with to do this?[/size]
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