No territory and still a problem: ISIS continues its violent attacks

In March, the so-called Islamic State was driven from its last territorial stronghold, making it clearly a non-state. But the threat posed by ISIS and its extremist ideology is far from eliminated.

Not only have women still loyal to ISIS terrorized their fellow residents on refugee camps, as reported by the Washington Post, but the militants themselves have a new plan of attack in Iraq and Syria. This “plan B” mapped out by the Institute for the Study of War lays out a troubling analysis showing that far from disappearing ISIS is looking to rekindle its violent regime.