The Islamic State militant group (ISIL) once spanned nearly half of Iraq
and Syria, claiming millions of civilians and tens of thousands of
fighters from across the globe as part of its self-proclaimed caliphate.
Now ISIL has been declared dead in Iraq and faces a similar fate in
Syria, the other major half of its ultraconservative Sunni Muslim
empire. As it loses ground, its fighters have been forced to either
embrace death, be captured by a hostile power or attempt to flee.
Experts say, rather than surrender, a number of jihadists will easily be
drawn to the ranks of another international jihadist network: Al-Qaeda.
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