Five months after U.S.-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last remaining territory in Syria, a new Pentagon report says the terrorist group is regaining some of its strength.

And a recent United Nations report concluded that despite its military defeat in Syria and Iraq, ISIS leaders are quote: “adapting, consolidating and creating conditions for an eventual resurgence” in both countries. 

CGTN’s White House correspondent Nathan King has a report.

Discussion with:

• Seyed Hossein Mousavian served on Iran’s National Security Council and as the country’s ambassador to Germany.
• Majeed Gly is a Kurdish journalist and political analyst with the Rudaw Media Network.
• John Sitilides is a government affairs specialist and consultant to the U.S. State Department.
• Yusuf Alabarda is a 23-year veteran of the Turkish military and an international security and political analyst.

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The Islamic State is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks, retooling its financial networks and even targeting a vast new pool of recruits at an allied-run tent camp, American and Iraqi military and intelligence officers said https://t.co/X0w2ovtZFW

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 20, 2019

Defense secretary says ISIS not in a resurgent state in Syria despite Pentagon report saying ISIS is re-surging https://t.co/e9F5z25T7R pic.twitter.com/5XbukyR2qm

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 22, 2019

ISIS is still a 'global threat with a warchest of $300MILLION despite losing its territory in Iraq and Syria' https://t.co/gvE849pQDx

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 28, 2019