NEW: Between April and June 2019, ISIS 'solidified its insurgent capabilities in Iraq and was resurging in Syria,' says the US Dept. of Defense Inspector General Quarterly Report.
WASHINGTON — U.S.-backed forces in Iraq andare struggling to contain the ISIS insurgency, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday.
Between April and June 2019, the Islamic State terror group"solidified its insurgent capabilities in Iraq and was resurging in Syria," the Department of Defense Inspector General Quarterly Report says. The report references significant changes in the region. In addition to the president’s sudden announcement of a drawdown of U.S. troops in Syria -– against the counsel of military advisers -– the report raises concerns that ISIS is gaining a renewed foothold in Iraq because U.S. personnel there were evacuated from diplomatic posts due to rising tensions with Iran. Experts told NBC News that as a result, that also has led to less surveillance of ISIS activity in Iraq."hindered U.S.
The report noted that the withdrawal also reduced the ability of U.S. forces to maintain a presence at a sprawling refugee camp where tens of thousands of displaced people from former ISIS territory are living. With Syrian troops only able to provide"minimal security" at the camp, it has"created conditions that allow ISIS ideology to spread 'uncontested.
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