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Syria: Warnings ISIS may resurge

SDF commander: Activity by Daesh (IS) has increased significantly, and the danger of a resurgence has doubled.

What is happening now in Syria 鈥渋s paving the way鈥 for the Islamic State group to re-emerge. That鈥檚 according to a leading Kurdish commander who played a key role in defeating the group in Syria in 2019. General Mazloum Abdi told the 麻豆社 that IS activity has 鈥渋ncreased significantly鈥 and the danger of a resurgence has doubled. Our senior international correspondent Orla Guerin was given rare access to the largest IS jail - in the city of Al Hasakah.

Also in the programme: A 麻豆社 investigation has found that the embattled military rulers of Myanmar control less than a quarter of the country; Malaysia has authorised a new attempt to find the wreckage of MH-370 - the flight that disappeared ten years ago; and the group of singers, with an average age of 92, which has broken the Guinness World Record for the world's oldest choir.

(Photo: The 麻豆社 was granted rare access to the largest prison for IS detainees - Al Sina - which holds some 5,000 men. Credit: 麻豆社/Matthew Goddard)

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