ISIS is slowly recuperating its strength in the ruins of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and even more fighters could break out of detainment, The New York Times reported Monday.
The terrorist group has recently increased their attack frequency and intensity, despite not reaching their once ascendant levels of power in the 2010s, United Nations and U.S. officials told the NYT Wednesday. ISIS fighters reportedly have their eyes on freeing their fighters from numerous prisons across Syria, which house up to 9,000 and 10,000 Islamic State fighters and about 40,000 family members in Northeast Syria.
Assad was ousted by a rebel group led by Islamic group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in December 2024, with the aid of some Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces. In the ruins of the old regime, an interim government formed out of the rebel leadership.
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