“‘These are obviously major blows to ISIS because its state-building project is over, there is no more caliphate, and that will diminish support and recruits,’ said Hassan Hassan, a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy in Washington and a co-author of a book on the group. ‘But ISIS today is an international organization. Its leadership and its ability to grow back are still there.’”
Source: ISIS, Despite Heavy Losses, Still Inspires Global Attacks – The New York Times
