ISIS was Defeated in Syria. Is that the end for the Islamists?

Islamist movements faced major reversals—both in stunning setbacks and unexpected gains—in 2017.

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AQIM had vast resources. It made an estimated $100 million through kidnapping for ransom, drug smuggling, and levying taxes on local populations, according to a report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance. AQIM earned enough to sustain future operations in Algeria, Mali, Niger, and southwestern Libya.

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