#ISIS in #Iraq #Syria "remains resilient" per latest @UN report, calling it "a cause of concern for Member States"
"#ISIL operations have increased in the core conflict zone of Iraq & the Syrian Arab Republic" per the report
"#ISIL operations have increased in the core conflict zone of Iraq & the Syrian Arab Republic" per the report
#ISIS "#ISIL maintains the ambition to control territory & populations but, for the moment, represents an entrenched rural insurgency without the reach to threaten urban areas on a sustained basis" per @UN report
.@UN report says there may be an #ISIS power vacuum
"The new leader of #ISIL, Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, has not visibly asserted himself in communications, which may prove to be a limiting factor in his influence and appeal, & perhaps that of the group"
"The new leader of #ISIL, Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, has not visibly asserted himself in communications, which may prove to be a limiting factor in his influence and appeal, & perhaps that of the group"
"The delegation of authority from the [#ISIS] core to the remote provinces & the loosening of command & control within #ISIL are expected to continue & perhaps accelerate in present circumstances" per @UN report
.@UN report estimates #ISIS has more than 10,000 fighters in #Iraq & #Syria "with regular movement between the two, especially where #Anbar & #Ninawa Provinces border the Syrian Arab Republic"
ISIS "has established safe havens in the Hamrin mountain range of north-eastern Iraq"
ISIS "has established safe havens in the Hamrin mountain range of north-eastern Iraq"
#ISIS waging "war of attrition" in #Iraq, per @UN report "... targeting security forces & other communities, as well as members of its own community who are deemed to be collaborators"
#ISIS "has exploited security gaps caused by the pandemic and by political turbulence in #Iraq to relaunch a sustained rural insurgency, as well as sporadic operations in #Baghdad & other large cities" per @UN report
#ISIS utilizing political assassinations as parts of its #Iraq strategy, per @UN
"It also attacks businesses in territories it previously occupied...Attacks on farms and the burning of crops in fields have become increasingly common tactics"
"It also attacks businesses in territories it previously occupied...Attacks on farms and the burning of crops in fields have become increasingly common tactics"
In #Syria "the overall situation remains precarious" re #ISIS, with concern about prisons, displaced person camps
"A steady stream of #ISIL-affiliated women are reported to have escaped the camp into #Turkey with the aid of corrupt guards & smugglers" per @UN report
"A steady stream of #ISIL-affiliated women are reported to have escaped the camp into #Turkey with the aid of corrupt guards & smugglers" per @UN report
East of the #Euphrates River, #ISIS fighters "attacking energy, transport & communications facilities" per @UN report
West of the river, sleeper cells attack "power installations & oil facilities...military convoys & civilian traffic along the Dayr-al-Zawr Tadmur (Palmyra) Road"
West of the river, sleeper cells attack "power installations & oil facilities...military convoys & civilian traffic along the Dayr-al-Zawr Tadmur (Palmyra) Road"
Per @UN, ISIS has 100 fighters in sleeper cells in #Suwaydah #Syria
Estimates of 400 active ISIS fighters in #Dar'a
Estimates of 400 active ISIS fighters in #Dar'a
#ISIS financial reserves at $100 million, per @UN-down from previous estimates of up to $300 million
"The group continues to raise funds deemed sufficient for its ongoing operations...kidnap for ransom,donations, some commercial activity&the extortion of individuals &businesses"
"The group continues to raise funds deemed sufficient for its ongoing operations...kidnap for ransom,donations, some commercial activity&the extortion of individuals &businesses"
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