Is ISIS really losing?

It may seem that way, but Turkey’s attacks in Syria may turn the tide in its favour.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doesn't love Islamic State, but he doesn’t see it as Turkey’s main enemy, writes Gwynne Dyer.
LONDON, U.K.—The word on the streets is that Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh to its many enemies) is going under. In late December 2015 it lost control of the city of Ramadi in Iraq after a long siege; in June it also lost Fallujah. In March it lost Palmyra to Syrian government troops, and las...

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