Is Donald Trump right to say that ISIS is defeated in Syria and Iraq?

After the loss of ISIS territories in Iraq and Syria, the group is still a concrete threat to civilians but also to the armed forces on the ground. It also continues to inspire attacks in Europe, like that of December in Strasbourg.

"We defeated ISIS in Syria". This is what Donald Trump asserts in a tweet posted on December 19, 2018. His Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, does the same in a speech delivered at the Davos summit on January 22, 2019. What about is he really on the ground? A report released Wednesday (January 23rd) by the International Center for Terrorism Analysis Jane (JTIC) confirms a weakening of the nuisance capacity of the group. It shows that jihadists perpetrated 1,327 attacks in 2018, a 71% decrease from the previous year.

According to the JTIC report, ISIS's territorial losses in Iraq and Syria have "significantly reduced the group's ability to operate." However, ISIS-led jihadist attacks worldwide have claimed the lives of 3,151 people, or about 23% of the total number of victims of terrorism in 2018. And the threat has not decreased in the area. Syrian-Iraqi. Franceinfo has analyzed several indicators to try to draw the reality on the ground.

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