ISIS Resurgence: confirmed by US Air Force statistics

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ISIS Resurgence: confirmed by US Air Force statistics
Laurie Mylroie


Although the Islamic State no longer controls territory, it still has thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) – Statistics recently released by the US Air Force and reported in Air Force Magazine confirm that the activities of the Islamic State have been increasing in Iraq and Syria—just as other sources, including Kurdish officials and the Pentagon’s Lead Inspector General, have previously stated.

According to the US Air Forces Central Command, Combined Air Operations Center, airstrikes by the US and other Coalition members going back to January 2015, reached their lowest number two months ago—in May. But after that, airstrikes more than doubled, rising from 54 in May to 135 in June and dipping somewhat to 105 in July.



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