"#ISIS is not gone" per @WHNSC's Joshua Geltzer, who says ISIS still sticking w/its basic game plan of taking advantage of ungoverned spaces, instability, carry out attacks and try to establish some territorial control
ISIS claiming 350 attacks this year in #Iraq #Syria
ISIS claiming 350 attacks this year in #Iraq #Syria
US sees financial movement between #ISIS core & its affiliates, as well as attempts to maintain a coherent over-arching strategy, @WHNSC's Joshua Geltzer tells @MiddleEastInst @ICSR_Centre
"There is a level of collaboration & coordination" per @WHNSC's Joshua Geltzer on #ISIS & its affiliates
Points to call by ISIS core earlier this year for affiliated to ramp up attacks - a call he says was answered
Points to call by ISIS core earlier this year for affiliated to ramp up attacks - a call he says was answered
Decapitation strikes vs #ISIS like the on Tuesday that killed a top 5 leader - "our current strategy is broader than that" per @WHNSC's Geltzer
#ISIS "working hard to revive itself" per @WHNSC's Geltzer "We're working hard to prevent it"
But Geltzer says some #foreignfighters may still be trying to reach ISIS in Syria, so US efforts to track/prevent travel continue
But Geltzer says some #foreignfighters may still be trying to reach ISIS in Syria, so US efforts to track/prevent travel continue
NEW: #ISIS "attempts to exercise some territorial control" where it is able to in #Iraq, #Syria, per @WHNSC's Geltzer
#ISIS "no doubt" has aspirations to carry out external attacks, inspire attacks in West, US as it did at its peak, per @WHNSC's Geltzer
ISIS core "does continue to harbor at least the intent to reach beyond #Iraq & #Syria"
ISIS core "does continue to harbor at least the intent to reach beyond #Iraq & #Syria"
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