BINNIE Jeremy <br/><br/>
Annual Defence Report 2017: Middle East & Africa/ 
Jeremy Binnie 
 -  2018 
<br/><br/> The Islamic State has had a bad year, having lost almost all of its territory in Iraq and Syria by November. However, despite the collapse of their self-declared 'caliphate', the Sunni extremists will continue their campaign of violence by returning to insurgent and terrorist tactics, feeding on anti-Shia sentiment and opposition to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>COTE D'IVOIRE<br/>EGYPT<br/>IRAQ<br/>QATAR<br/>SAUDI ARABIA<br/>SYRIA<br/>UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br/>YEMEN