![]() ![]() Asked if he was planning to escape, he said no, he would fight until the end. In October 2017, when Raqqa had already fallen, I got in touch with one such fighter – a Russian-speaker from the Caucasus, who was still in Al Mayadin (Syria). Experienced fighters are observed to have been highly dedicated, often fighting until their last breath. According to fighters interviewed, a large proportion of those individuals who joined to die for jihad and were the most passionate about the group volunteered for the most dangerous (or even suicidal) missions, and were killed early in the conflict. ISIS members killed during the anti-ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria fell into several categories, and died at different times, in different ways. But whether dead or alive, members of ISIS originally joined and supported the group for different reasons, and those reasons could help predict the future behaviour of those who remain. The same is true for surviving group fighters and supporters from abroad. Local members who survived are now either in prison or in hiding. While many of the group’s local and foreign members were killed in action, some managed to survive. ![]() ![]() To truly understand the future of this armed organisation, it is necessary to understand the people who make up ISIS, what has happened to them, and what they might do next. ![]()
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