Article content

In the final weeks of 2017, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over ISIS, saying his country was “completely liberated” from the Islamist terrorist army.

The U.S.-led coalition decimated the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, stopping its grisly campaign and regaining territory previously captured by ISIS militants.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or MALCOLM: 'Deprogram' radical Islamists. How? Back to video

Many ISIS fighters were killed on the battlefield, but others managed to flee, some into rural sanctuaries, others to neighboring terrorist havens and still others by infiltrating the West.

Tens of thousands of ISIS militants are now in Europe, some using European passports, others taking advantage of the chaos of open borders and mass migration.

The influx of these ISIS militants will have a destabilizing impact on a region already inundated with millions of displaced migrants and thousands of jihadists hiding amidst Europe’s Muslim communities, planning their next attacks.