ISIS’s Leadership Crisis

Foreign Affairs ^ | Feb 23, 2022 | Haroro Ingram and Craig Whiteside

[Conservat1]

A Vacancy at the Top Threatens the Group’s Global Operations

It is only February, and already, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) has had a rough year. ISIS’s supporters quickly went from cheering on a large prison break in northeast Syria to learning, days later, that the group’s reclusive leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a daring U.S. special operations raid.

Before Qurayshi’s death, there was growing concern that ISIS might be resurgent. Beyond the prison break in Syria, where ISIS fighters had managed to maintain control of the facility for several days despite a powerful military assault by U.S. and Kurdish-led...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Screw the paywall. I’ll go to the library to read it.

[Conservat1]

I just read the excerpt..

[skimbell]

All I know is that you definitely don’t want that second in command slot.

[BeauBo]

Can anyone summarize the main points please,for the sake of discussion?

[Conservat1]

In short, their top leadership is in disarray, at least right now, which it makes them less functional which is good...

[SJackson]

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