ISIS – present situation

Abstract

The aim of the following paper is to discuss a present situation of ISIS, in a post-caliphate period. By analyzing group’s activity in the Middle East and Sahel, the author tries to answer the question whether it has already been dead or not. The study employed qualitative research tools. The findings are derived from the critical literature and online sources (reports, statistics) review, and, also, from the author’s research in the form of in-depth interviews (anonymous and not anonymous) conducted around the world with military and non-military experts from governmental and non-governmental institutions. Maybe to a lesser extent, but ISIS has been still active in the Middle East, especially in such regions as Iraq and Syria. As for the African continent, it has been developing there by recruiting more and more people and conducting terrorist attacks on a great scale. In conclusion, contrary to popular belief, ISIS has not died; but, as many sources prove, it has just moved to Africa. Together with other jihadi terrorist organisations, it is not only thriving on the African continent, but most of all, it is completely destabilizing some areas there, still being able to reach other parts of the world.

Keywords

• ISIS
• the Middle East
• Sahel
• present situation
• post-caliphate