Obama: ISIS pursuing ‘high profile’ terror attacks

By Susan Crabtree

Published August 4, 2016 8:58pm ET

"In fact, the decline of ISIL in Syria and Iraq appears to be causing it to shift to tactics that we've seen before: an even greater emphasis on encouraging high-profile terrorist attacks, including in the United States," he said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

President Obama said Thursday that the Islamic State appears to be shifting to “high-profile” terror attacks around the world the more the U.S. and its partners reduce the terrorist group’s grip on power in Iraq and Syria.