Crisis Group: ISIS could stage comeback amid Syria crisis
Syria is not a vacuum and when ISIS makes progress in Syria it will affect Iraq. “ISIS continues its guerilla insurgency in rural areas,” the report notes.
A Turkish military helicopter flies over as Turkish and U.S. troops return from a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Akcakale, Turkey, September 8, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/MURAD SEZER)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN