The report argues the terror group’s members scattered many of its fighters and their families on purpose, and are now well-prepared for battle.
“IS deliberately withdrew and relocated many of its fighters and their families,” the reports states.
“IS’s forces are now dispersed across both countries and are waging a capable insurgency,” it says. “IS retained a global finance network that funded its transition back to an insurgency and managed to preserve sufficient weapons and other supplies in tunnel systems and other support zones in order to equip its regenerated insurgent force.”
The study argues IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been systematically reforming the group to get ready for a new wave of violence across the Middle East.
“The slow-motion reduction of IS’s territory and strength initiated by President Obama and continued by President Trump gave the group plenty of time to plan and prepare for the next phase of the war,” the study says. “IS’s forces are now dispersed across both countries and are waging a capable insurgency … IS began reconstituting key capabilities in late 2018 that will enable it to wage an even more aggressive insurgency in coming months.”
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