Is Islamic State bouncing back in Iraq?

Kurdish official says the group is now ‘like al-Qa’eda on steroids’

Islamic State flag
An Islamic State flag in northern Iraq
(Image credit: Getty)

Islamic State is re-organising in Iraq, says the BBC, two years after losing the last of its territory in the country.

Kurdish and Western intelligence officials say that the IS fighters are “getting stronger again” and Isis attacks are increasing.

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