In 2024, ISIS recorded its most active year since losing territory in 2019.
The group carried out 660 attacks — an average of 60 per month, triple 2023 levels.
It escalated to vehicle-borne IEDs, larger attack units, and full-frontal assaults, signaling growing confidence and renewed recruitment.
ISIS also revived its extortion network, targeting businesses and embedding deeper in communities such as Deir Ezzor.
ISIS was not defeated — it was rebuilding.