IS has shown signs of rejuvenation in recent months, of which the attack on the prison in Hasakah – which sparked a 10-day battle – is the most impressive evidence. It has hide-outs, supplied with arms, ammunition and food, along the Syrian-Iraqi borderlands and in the deserts of eastern Syria and northern Iraq, south of Kirkuk. From these small, but well-hidden bases, IS fighters can stage guerrilla raids on government outposts and villages, where they takeover at night and kill those who oppose them. More
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