ISIS resurfacing in Iraq as country looks to hit back at terror organization

The Islamic caliphate was defeated in 2018 and while ISIS has not taken over territory anywhere since, some observers worry that there are signs of it slowly regrowing in parts of Iraq.

He said that while the organization had lost the main centers of power it held under the first generation of its leadership, it continues to pose a danger in the areas where it still has strength, the northern cities between Salah al-Din, Kirkuk and the Mam Mountains.  Ali Kamal reports for Fox News Digital on Iraq. He is based in the Baghdad area and has covered the country for over 20 years where he has worked with a host of foreign media companies in reporting news from the Middle-Eastern nation. 

Ragheef also referred to areas in western Anbar that constitute a fortification for the organization and still pose a widespread danger. In recent months authorities have dismantled an ISIS arms factory for booby-trapping armored and fortified vehicles, presumably for suicide attacks in Kirkuk and elsewhere.