Isil’s caliphate may be defeated but cells’ guerrilla tactics point to new deadly threat

July 11, 2020
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By SKMFASHIONNEWS

Isil’s caliphate may be defeated but cells’ guerrilla tactics point to new deadly threat

The driver cocked his gun as he passed the last checkpoint before the vast no man’s land up ahead.

The stretch of open road between the eastern provinces of Hasakah and Deir Ezzor, or Highway Seven, has become the most dangerous in Syria.

While Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday declared victory over Islamic State’s “caliphate”, the group’s followers have for weeks been demonstrating they are still able and willing to carry out attacks in its name.

Detonating suicide car bombs, IEDs and carrying out roadside ambushes, Isil has been turning back to guerrilla tactics as it readies a new modus operandi.

A female fighter of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flashes the victory gesture while celebrating near the Omar oil field in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province

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AFP

Every few days the jihadist group shares news of its successes on official…

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