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Isis and the ticking time bomb facing the West

7 January 2023

1:25 AM

7 January 2023

1:25 AM

You thought Isis was old news. The world celebrated its territorial defeat nearly four years ago. The group that once controlled an area the size of the UK had been battered by more than 30,000 airstrikes, and tens of thousands of its militants had been killed. It was over. Really, though, the war against Isis never stopped.

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