ANALYSIS: What will happen to extremist and radical groups in 2018?

An image grab taken from a video published by media branch of Islamic State group on January 3, 2016, purportedly shows an English-speaking ISIS militant speaking at an undisclosed location. (File photo: AFP)

There are three main files formed during the tumultuous events of 2017 which will determine how the war against terrorism will proceed in 2018

ISIS:

Last year was crucial in weakening the ISIS militant group and its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. It turned out to be just an extremist ideology embraced by different groups that belonged to different nationalities.

The first challenge would be to fight, hunt down and neutralize the ISIS who have gone back to their respective home countries to create immigrant cells that would settle in Europe and execute operations under the name of ISIS.

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