NBC: 'Defeated' ISIS has found safe haven in an ungoverned part of Iraq
Though President Donald Trump declared "100% of the ISIS Caliphate" defeated, the group is roaming freely in a remote part of Iraq, military officials say.
MAKHMOUR, Iraq — Just months after the Islamic State militant group lost the last of its territory in Syria, and days after its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a U.S.-led raid, the group has found safe haven in a remote, ungoverned space in Iraq, as foreign fighters move across the border from Syria, military officials tell NBC news.
"The fight against ISIS is continuous," said U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William Seely, commander of Task Force-Iraq. "We're seeing ISIS fighters move from Syria across hundreds of miles of desert."
Their goal, Seely says, is to re-establish their physical caliphate in the region.
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WNU Editor: The timing is perfect for these ISIS "survivors" in Iraq. The Iraqi government is in complete disarray .... Protests In Iraq Are Growing In Both Size And Ambition (NPR).
