Ενδιαφέροντα στοιχεία από το New Yorker:https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/isiss-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-the-worlds-most-wanted-man-is-dead"The Syrian Democratic Forces, which lost eleven thousand troops fighting the ground war against isis, now holds about twelve thousand isis prisoners and another seventy thousand family members.""U.S. intelligence has estimated that isis has between twenty thousand and thirty thousand fighters in underground cells still operating in both countries. In these areas, isis has far fewer capabilities, weapons, financial resources, and propaganda outlets than it had up until 2016. “But it is building back strength after the loss of its territory,” Zelin said."Έτσι, για να πάρουμε μία ιδέα του πόσοι πολλοί ήταν και είναι..."...One of the most startling aspects of the raid was Baghdadi’s location, in Idlib—a long way from the area that he once ruled and where his followers are still waging an insurgency. McGurk, the former Presidential envoy, asked, “A big question is what was Baghdadi doing apparently in a hideout less than five kilometres from Turkey’s border? In a province Turkey ostensibly controls and maintains with military outposts.”..."