The Internet continues to actively discuss the resurgent threat fr om the Islamic State terrorists: this is evidenced by both the increase in the number of militant attacks over the past year and their accumulation of the necessary resources to resume the confrontation in the Middle East.

In particular, recently, well-known jihad experts have increasingly begun to sound the alarm, painting a rather unfavorable future in their works. And this is not even about the trivial publications about the Afghan branch of ISIS (ISP), but about Syria and Iraq, wh ere militant activity has increased significantly this year.

However, a significant deterioration of an already dangerous situation occurred just these days in the northeast of the SAR, when the Kurdish Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, with the assistance of Arab clans, adopted a law on a full amnesty for persons in the "low threat" category who have served prison sentences.

According to the latest estimates, at least 1,200 people were covered the amnesty, with a third being Iraqi natives, and the rest being residents of Syria. A significant part of those released were convicted of involvement in terrorist attacks as part of ISIS, but the justification for their amnesty was that they did not stain themselves with the blood of Syrians.

All those who were amnestied were released fr om the largest prison for members of the Islamic State in the Gweiran district of the city of Hasakah, wh ere violent clashes between militants and Kurdish security forces occured in January 2022. At the moment, several thousand more ISIS terrorists are still being held in the prison.

 

And although the US-affiliated Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria tries to explain its actions by humanitarian notions, such measures are primarily aimed at creating tensions in Turkey and the rest of Syria, hindering the process of normalizing relations between the countries.

In addition, the Kurds have repeatedly resorted to releasing militants (who then re-joined the ranks of terrorists) in order to attract the attention of the Western coalition fighting ISIS. Creating an additional terrorist threat with their own hands allows the Kurds to negotiate various preferences with their allies.

Meanwhile, for Syria and Iraq, this will mean an even greater strengthening of the terrorist Islamic State, which will definitely affect the overall security in the entire Middle East. However, for the international community, the Afghan branch of ISIS will still remain a priority, at least until ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq show themselves in all their glory.