CENTCOM says ISIS is reconstituting in Syria & Iraq, but the reality is even worse

This piece was first published by the Middle East Institute, on July 17, 2024.

In an unusual public statement late on July 16, United States Armed Forces’ Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that after six months of 2024, “ISIS is on pace to more than double” the number of attacks in Syria and Iraq it claimed in 2023. According to CENTCOM, ISIS has so fa…