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ISIS is regrouping in Syria, Trump must respond

By Tom Rogan

Published March 19, 2018 4:54pm ET

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ISIS is regrouping in Syria, Trump must respond — Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers walk in city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday, March 18, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway. Erdogan said the Turkish flag and the flag of the Syrian opposition fighters have been raised in the town, previously controlled by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Defense Units, or YPG. | (Hasan Kirmizitas/AP)

The Islamic State is regrouping in Syria.

Taking advantage of the redeployment of Kurdish forces to fight the Turkish army around Afrin in western Syria, ISIS has broken the momentum of the U.S.-led coalition opposing it. This has allowed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s remaining forces to consolidate territory from the Iraqi border towards the Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates.

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