PNN – The Wall Street Journal announced in an investigative report that ISIS terrorists have been resurgent in Syria amid the power vacuum in the country.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal wrote in a field report, referring to the revival of the ISIS terrorist group in the shadow of the power vacuum in the country: The extremist group’s attacks are on the rise, with its terrorists taking advantage of the reduced US presence and the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
According to the report, ISIS gunmen targeted Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrols 20 times in May, resulting in the injury of 15 fighters and the killing of 10.
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SDF military commanders announced that this month was the bloodiest for their forces since 2019, before the collapse of ISIS in Syria.
The Syrian Kurdish command stressed that ISIS tactics have changed, with its members now operating in small sleeper cells, receiving orders to ambush and plant roadside bombs. The command sources noted that these operations are “low-cost” and difficult to eliminate.
Simand Ali, a spokesman for the Kurdish People’s Defense Units, said about ISIS gunmen: They rely on small groups of four or five people in each operation, each of whom has a Kalashnikov rifle and an improvised explosive device.
According to the newspaper, ISIS gunmen no longer wear military uniforms or carry their distinctive black flags, a tactic that allows them to blend in more easily with the local population.