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If you recall, when Pres. Trump said he was planning to withdraw troops from Syria, GEN Mattis (Ret.) disagreed, and then left the building.<\/p>\n
Well, ISIS is on the move again.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/08\/06\/report-isis-has-been-rebuilding-as-us-troops-withdraw-from-syria\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 Since about half of 2,000 special operations and other\u00a0train-advise-assist<\/a>\u00a0forces returned to the U.S. in the spring,\u00a0ISIS has been staging a comeback<\/a>, according to an inspector general report from DoD, the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development released Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThis quarter, ISIS continued is transition from a territory ? holding force to an insurgency in Syria, and it intensified its insurgency in Iraq,” Pentagon Principal Deputy Inspector General Glenn Fine, who has been filling in as DoD IG, wrote in a memo topping off the report. \u2013 article.<\/p>\n There have been many, many pockets of ISIS that hid out in Sunni-friendly areas, regrouping for another strike.<\/p>\n From the article: There are likely between 14,000 and 18,000 remaining active members of ISIS, but according to the report, estimates have swung widely in both directions.<\/p>\n ISIS\u2019s regrouping and rebuilding has taken several forms, the report found, mostly in remote areas controlled by local forces with little capacity to stabilize their areas of operations.<\/p>\n In Iraq, particularly, militants have worked to create safe havens in Sunni-majority areas north and west of Baghdad, the report said. \u2013 article.<\/p>\n In addition, Turkey is planning to move into Syria to attack Kurdish forces.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/08\/07\/turkish-military-move-into-syria-is-high-risk\/<\/a><\/p>\n