{"id":40333,"date":"2017-10-10T21:47:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/10\/isis-is-in-shambles-says-82nd-airborne-brigade-commander\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:21:30","slug":"isis-is-in-shambles-says-82nd-airborne-brigade-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/10\/isis-is-in-shambles-says-82nd-airborne-brigade-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ISIS is in shambles,\u2019 says 82nd Airborne brigade commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS is in shambles, and the U.S.-led coalition is currently looking for signs the terror group is trying to reconstitute itself in Iraq and Syria, according to Col. Patrick Work, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division\u2019s 2nd Brigade Combat Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from the Falcon brigade commander comes as ISIS has lost considerable territory in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Raqqa, more than 80 percent of ISIS\u2019 self-proclaimed capital has been liberated by U.S.-backed Syrian fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDF forces have also continued to make steady progress in Deir ez-Zour province in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, liberating numerous villages and oil fields that once funded ISIS\u2019 combat power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Iraq, Mosul was liberated after a nearly nine-month intense urban battle in mid-July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the capture of Iraq\u2019s second most populous city from ISIS militants, territory held by the terror group has rapidly dwindled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tal Afar was liberated at the end of August, and the Iraqi town of Hawija fell shortly thereafter following just under two weeks of fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS\u2019 combat power appears on the ropes as its caliphate crumbles. The rapid fall of Hawijah witnessed nearly 1,000 ISIS fighters, who once pledge to fight to the death, surrender en masse to Kurdish Peshmerga forces, according to a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/08\/world\/middleeast\/isis-iraq-surrender.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">New York Time<\/a>s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The liberation of Mosul and ongoing fight in Raqqa is behind ISIS\u2019 rapid collapse, according to Work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It takes \u201ca massive amount of resources and effort,\u201d and ISIS \u201cconsumed massive amounts of resources\u201d to defend Mosul, Work said in a phone interview with reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cISIS is in tatters \u2026 the whole thing is falling apart,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS simply didn\u2019t live up to the expectations of the terror group\u2019s believers and supporters, according to Work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terror group had several major faults in its logic, he told reporters. 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