Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Largely Defeated in Middle East, ISIS Creates Presence in South Asia

Jerusalem Post ISIS announced the formation of bases in nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, two arch-rivals that fought three wars since their independence from Britain in 1947. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/largely-defeated-in-middle-east-isis-creates-presence-in-south-asia-590664

Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries seek to clear ISIS from Syrian border – report

Jerusalem Post Iraq recently launched another major operation in Hamreen mountains. But ISIS has struck where it can. It murdered a Kurdish member of the local security forces earlier this week. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/iraqi-shiite-paramilitaries-seek-to-clear-isis-from-syrian-border-report-588494

U.S. air force strikes ISIS fighters in Somalia, killing three

Jerusalem Post A witness said missiles struck two wells on the outskirts of Timirshe village, some 60km southeast of Puntland’s commercial capital Bosaso. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/us-air-force-strikes-isis-fighters-in-somalia-killing-three-588004

German woman on trial for ISIS crimes is terror group’s face in Europe

Jerusalem Post Case will likely enable Yazidi victim to testify, conjuring up memories of Holocaust survivors confronting Nazi war criminals at trial. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/german-woman-on-trial-for-isis-crimes-is-face-of-europes-isis-586355