Up to 500 IS fighters still active in Iraq: military ...Kuwait

The Islamic State group still has up to 500 active fighters in Iraq, a senior military official estimated Sunday in the country where jihadist cells continue to launch sporadic attacks. But Iraqi General Qais al-Mohamadawi, part of the anti-jihadist coalition, stressed that IS - now based in remote desert and mountain hideouts - has "lost its ability to attract new recruits". The United Nations estimated in a report published last month that IS still has "5,000 to 7,000 members and supporters" across Iraq and neighbouring Syria, "roughly half of whom are fighters". The IS extremists in 2014 launched their self-proclaimed "caliphate" across swathes of both countries in

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