“The frequency of the group’s attacks is up, and so, apparently, are its numbers. It excels, once again, at crafting small explosive devices, and weaponizing drones. And its sophisticated media outreach is recovering.” Also, its leader, who most experts assumed was dead, isn’t. From Robin Wright in The New Yorker: ISIS Makes a Comeback.

+ “You can say that almost all of Iraq has been liberated from ISIS during the day, but you can’t say that at night.” The Atlantic: ISIS Never Went Away in Iraq.