The report found that while ISIS had been defeated militarily in Iraq and most of Syria, it rallied in early 2018, and still had approximately 20,000-30,000 members in the two countries.<\/p>\n
The U.S.-led coalition in the region racked up numerous military wins against the group in 2017 and helped reduce its territory to mere pockets of Syria. <\/p>\n
At the State of the Union address this year, President Trump declared victory: \u201cI\u2019m proud to report that the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.N. report found ISIS, though, is in the process of moving from \u201ca proto-State network to a covert network\u201d that continues to threaten other countries, and its leadership is still intact under Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.<\/p>\n
Yet the report also raised significant concerns about Al Qaeda, which fell into the background amid the international attention on ISIS and its brutal tactics, particularly after the death of Usama bin Laden in 2011.<\/p>\n
The report found that Al Qaeda is still a global network showing resilience, and it is stronger than ISIS in places like Somalia, Yemen and South Asia — and its leadership in Iran has grown more prominent.<\/p>\n
Further, Hamza bin Laden has \u201ccontinued to emerge as a leadership figure in Al Qaeda,\u201d the report said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAl Qaeda\u2019s leadership demonstrates strategic patience and its regional affiliates exercise good tactical judgment, embedding themselves in local issues and becoming players,” it said. <\/p>\n
While the U.N. said there is little evidence as yet of a direct global threat from Al Qaeda, \u201cimproved leadership and enhanced communication will probably increase the threat over time, as will any rise in the tendency, already visible in some regions, of ISIL supporters to join Al Qaeda.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Al Qaeda is like a hydra- lop off one head and another appears. It needs to be dealt with quickly and severely, and a good starting point would be Hamza bin Laden. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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