Daesh may fast be slumping into oblivion, and what's left behind is ever shrinking territorial patches of resistance, but that doesn't mean the end of "statehood" status for Islamic radicalism would also bring the collapse of the ideology that has made it possible. The money flows and personnel resources of this ideology largely remain intact (save for those who've been killed on the battlefields).
As paradoxical as it may be, Daesh's death throes are actually helping activate the market of jihad. And there's an invisible "Sale/Buy" caption underlying every and any news coming out of that region right now.
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