Islamic State will attempt more attacks in 2017, US head of global coalition warns

By Latika Bourke
Updated January 1 2017 - 2:23pm, first published 1:19pm
Colonel John Dorrian, spokesman for the Global Coalition against Islamic State in Whitehall London.  Photo: Latika Bourke
Colonel John Dorrian, spokesman for the Global Coalition against Islamic State in Whitehall London. Photo: Latika Bourke
A member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone in Mosul. Photo: Manu Brabo
A member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone in Mosul. Photo: Manu Brabo
Iraqi Army soldiers inspect defenses in the eastern section of Mosul. Photo: KHALID MOHAMMED
Iraqi Army soldiers inspect defenses in the eastern section of Mosul. Photo: KHALID MOHAMMED

London: Islamic State will likely attempt more terror attacks and morph into a counter-insurgency group as it faces the loss of its Iraqi stronghold in 2017, the US spokesman for the global coalition has warned.

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