IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate

BEIRUT (AP) — Analysts say the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014 — a shadowy insurgent network that targets civilians with guerrilla-style attacks and exploits state weaknesses to incite sectarian strife.
The group is nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate. Now, hardly a week goes by without IS staging an attack on a town or village in Iraq and Syria, keeping its opponents on edge.
Hisham al-Hashimi, an IS