Source: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/9454-the-forgotten-menace-is-isis-resurging?utm_source=DefenceConnect&utm_campaign=08_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_emailID=155755c57d25d8ece93131a626d9220d1bf56b043f1eaa35f96ed9a5a3caecb5

Is the extremist group slowly regaining a foothold in the Middle East as the West recalibrates its geostrategic priorities?

Last week, the Pentagon confirmed that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of extremist group ISIS, was killed after US Special Operations forces under the control of US Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission in north-west Syria.

No US casualties were reported following the operation, during which al-Qurayshi detonated an explosive device, killing himself and members of his family.

Al-Qurayshi was known to provide operational guidance to ISIS fighters ahead of a number of major attacks, which included the raid of Hasakah prison, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and operations against Yazidis in Iraq.