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As Trump mulls a pullout, ISIS attempts to re-emerge in Syria
By: Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press and Philip Issa, The Associated Press   1 day ago


MANBIJ, Syria — Even as President Donald Trump mulls a U.S. pullout from Syria, insisting that the Islamic State group is “almost completely defeated,” the extremist group is showing signs of a revival.

Despite being kicked out of the main towns they once occupied near the Iraqi border, the militants have regrouped elsewhere and revised their tactics, recently mounting a brazen attack on a border city in eastern Syria and expanding their footprint inside the Syrian capital itself.

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2018/04/06/as-trump-mulls-a-pullout-isis-attempts-to-re-emerge-in-syria/