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| The Islamic State Is ‘Back.’ In Reality, It Never Went Away |
| 2026-01-01 |
| [WORLDPOLITICSREVIEW] Every few months, on the heels of yet another horrific attack inspired, facilitated or directed by the Islamic State, a familiar wave of articles appears under a misleading headline: Is the group back? Is it resurging? Are we seeing the emergence of “IS 2.0”? These questions are now being asked once again, following a bloody weekend that saw three American troops killed by an IS gunman in Syria, and a massacre targeting Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The latter attack was committed by a father-and-son duo who took a monthlong trip to the southern Philippines in the weeks before the attack, raising the possibility that the attackers were trained or directed by members of the Islamic State East Asia, the group’s Southeast Asian affiliate. IS’ weekly publication Al-Naba, however, claims the attack was inspired by the group but not directed by it. Other recent terrorist plots that were disrupted by authorities in Poland and Germany, potentially inspired by IS, indicate that the threat remains persistent and global. The rest is behind a paywall |
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