ISIS Attack Signals Risks to Syria’s Regional Connectivity

“While the tempo of ISIS attacks in Syria remains low, the group’s June 13 attack on an Iraqi oil tanker driving through rural Aleppo is a warning sign. Though it involved just two gunmen firing at a single truck from a distance, it demonstrates how ISIS, with minimal resources, can interfere with, deter or even prevent elements of Syria’s new economic interconnectivity with its regional neighbors. Though Syria is dealing with a plethora of security challenges, neutralizing a loose network of dispersed ISIS cells is a vital priority.”