Changing Under Pressure, IS ‘Potent’ as Ever

Nearly 10 months since the first U.S. airstrikes rained down on Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, the terror group has been subject to a persistent, if not relentless, assault on multiple fronts. Yet the campaign to degrade and ultimately destroy the self-declared caliphate appears to have done little to deter the militants from spreading terror throughout the Middle East and beyond. “ISIL remains a potent force,” a U.S. intelligence official told VOA, using an acronym for the group....

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