Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone

The forces of the Islamic State may no longer control a swath of territory across Iraq and Syria, but the coordinated attacks in Sri Lanka demonstrated that the resilient group can still sow carnage beyond the borders of its former “caliphate.”

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