https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-creates-elite-new-cell-23645245
According to David Otto, counter-terrorism and organized crime expert ISIS has been exploiting the coronavirus to recruit more soldiers underground (different than what we discussed in class when we said ISIS unlike other groups has been claiming territory rather than remaining hidden).
While the current leader, Amir Mohammad Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salb has been remaining silent as his organization grows, it is estimated that there are 7-10 thousand fighters at ISIS disposal. It is also feared that ISIS has created a new cell of jihadists in the West (Europe) to start carrying out attacks again, as most high-level IS members in Europe were wiped out as the terror groups' numbers were reduced at the end of 2017.
While this is all mostly hearsay, there have been a few claimed attacks this year in Baghdad and Mozambique claiming more than 80 lives.
- Mason Meiring #6
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