A Pentagon report has blamed US President Donald Trump for the resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
"Trump's decision to quickly withdraw US troops from Syria and divert attention from diplomacy in Iraq has inadvertently helped reorganize the two countries," according to the report published by CNN.
"ISIS has shifted from a land-owned force to a rebel group in Syria and intensified its insurgency in Iraq," the Pentagon's quarterly report to Congress said, although Trump announced that ISIS had been defeated and the caliphate had collapsed.
The report estimates that ISIS currently has between 14,000 and 18,000 fighters, noting that the most important is that ISIS changed the way it made money, shifting from the tax and revenue system it used during the "caliphate" to blackmailing civilians and kidnapping for ransom. And the imposition of sisters from reconstruction contracts, and this decentralized way of generating income made it difficult to track, according to the newspaper.
The report warned that ISIS has found a source of revenue once again, by blackmailing civilians in the two countries, kidnappings for ransom, and making money from reconstruction contracts, a decentralized way of raising money, unlike ISIS's detailed tax and revenue system. During his power, it makes it difficult to track income.
The report pointed out that the "Hul" camp, which includes thousands of displaced people in al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria, is an ideal place to recruit new members in the "Daesh", where government forces do not seem able to protect the region from insurgents, and the lack of US support to maintain conditions Secure or counter ISIS propaganda opened the door to IS activities.
The United States has only about 1,000 troops in Syria, to curb ISIS and support local forces, a reference to the SDF fighting it, as well as countering Iranian influence and monitoring the movements of Syrian government forces.
The decision to withdraw non-emergency personnel from Iraq, according to the report, has reduced US diplomatic influence there, according to the State Department, and reduced the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide support to those in need.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said earlier that the Islamic State had $ 300 million.
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