This sealed “the fall of the terrorist Daesh organisation’s project in the region”, an army statement said, using an Arabic term for Islamic State. Islamic State’s Fallen ‘State’Baghdadi’s declaration of a caliphate in 2014 launched a new era in jihadist ambition. Unlike previous jihadist movements that relied on donations from sympathisers, Islamic State’s territorial grip gave it command of a real economy. The number of those treated in this way was as nothing to the multitude of Syrians and Iraqis Islamic State killed for their behaviour, words, sexuality, religion, ethnicity or tribe. But as Islamic State was pushed from territory in recent months, there were pictures of women pulling off face veils and smoking previously banned cigarettes.

Source: Hindustan Times November 09, 2017 12:33 UTC