Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) – Volume 8, Issue 09 (Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff, Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani, Paul Lushenko, Anthony Williams, Matan Uberman, Shaul Shay, Hamoon Khelghat-Doost, RSIS)

Defeating the so-called Islamic State (IS) and its global affiliates and supporters remains an on-going counter-terrorism challenge. So far, kinetic approaches have dominated the modus operandi of anti-IS coalitions and governments, with some success in recapturing lost territories, eliminating top IS leaders and incarcerating IS militants and operatives. More however needs to be done. The ideology of the group continues to resonate among numerous supporters and extremist groups in and beyond the Middle East, inspiring terrorist attacks with implications to national security and social cohesion.

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