Mahalaxmi Ramanathan
Mahalaxmi Ramanathan

@MahalaxmiRaman

5 Tweets Jul 13, 2024
#BAGHDAD A decade after the #IslamicState Militant Group declared its #Caliphate in large parts of #Iraq and #Syria, the Extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are mostly out of the world news headlines...... πŸ₯·πŸ΄πŸ΄πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ
2⃣Still, the group continues to recruit members and claim responsibility for deadly attacks around the world, including lethal operations in #Iran and #Russia earlier this year that left scores dead. Its sleeper cells in #Syria and #Iraq still carry ....
3⃣out attacks against government forces in both countries as well as #US-backed #Syrian fighters, at a time when Iraq’s government is negotiating with #Washington over a possible withdrawal of #US Troops.
4⃣The group that once attracted tens of thousands of fighters and supporters from around the world to come to #Syria and #Iraq, and at its peak ruled an area half the size of the #UnitedKingdom was notorious for its brutality.
I4⃣It beheaded civilians, slaughtered 1,700 captured #Iraqi Soldiers in a short period, and enslaved and Raped thousands of women from the #Yazidi community, one of #Iraq oldest religious minorities.

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