New in 2018: The fight against ISIS evolves
By: Shawn Snow  
The Islamic State group’s physical caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been destroyed, but the group is not defeated.
Just a few years ago, ISIS controlled vast territory over Syria, Iraq and the Euphrates River valley, including lucrative oil fields to finance their regime. But much of that came to an end as U.S.-backed Iraqi and Syrian forces liberated ISIS’ urban strongholds.
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/12/31/new-in-2018-the-fight-against-isis-evolves/
