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El Estado Islámico busca reorganizar sus fuerzas en Siria: emboscadas, guerra de guerrillas y asesinatos
El Estado Islámico busca reorganizar sus fuerzas en Siria. Lejos del poder de fuego y del control territorial que logró hace una década, lo que queda del antiguo califato intenta reactivar a sus células dormidas.
La nueva estrategia del grupo es más modesta. Planea lanzar una especie de “guerra de guerrillas” contra el gobierno de Ahmed al-Charaa, un antiguo socio vinculado al terrorismo y hoy reconvertido en aliado de Washington.
Qué poder maneja el Estado Islámico
El Estado Islámico nació de la disgregación producida por la guerra civil siria y del caos que derivó en Irak tras la invasión estadounidense de 2003.
Con métodos brutales que incluyeron decapitaciones transmitidas en vivo y asesinatos de minorías, el llamado ISIS llegó a tener en su apogeo alrededor de 40.000 milicianos armados. Además, mantuvo un férreo control sobre un vasto territorio dividido entre Siria e Irak con capital en la ciudad siria de Raqqa. Se trató de un verdadero reino del terror.
El grupo se financió entonces con las ventas petroleras de pozos bajo su control y tuvo a Medio Oriente y Europa bajo ataque con distintos atentados terroristas.
Milicianos del Estado Islámico en una imagen de archivo. (Foto: EFE)
Pero una ofensiva de grupos armados financiados por Washington, como los kurdos sirios, terminó por derrotar a las milicias islámicas en 2016. Hoy están reducidas a pequeños reductos en el este de de Siria.
“El ISIS tiene una presencia muy reducida en Siria. Se ha mantenido mayormente en la clandestinidad. Intentó desestabilizar al gobierno actual planeando atentados de asesinato y ataques contra las minorías. Sin embargo, hasta ahora, la mayoría de estos intentos han fracasado”, dijo a TN el analista Idrees Ahmad, académico británico de la Universidad de Stirling especializado en Medio Oriente.
Para Ahmad, “el ISIS existió durante mucho tiempo porque resultaba útil para el régimen de (el derrocado presidente) Bashar al Assad, que así podía presentarse como una alternativa preferible. Por eso, Assad evitó en gran medida combatir al ISIS, y cuando otros rebeldes luchaban contra él, prefería bombardearlos”.
“El ISIS no contaba con mucho apoyo interno (excepto cuando inicialmente se le consideraba parte de la rebelión contra Assad). Ahora es prácticamente irrelevante”, afirmó.
Sin embargo, en los últimos días, su dirigencia rescató su vieja retórica para convocar a sus milicianos a “continuar luchando” contra el gobierno sirio en un llamado divulgado en plataformas digitales afines.
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Según el sitio The Media Line, especializado en Medio Oriente, el Estado Islámico pidió a sus combatientes extranjeros iniciar una “nueva fase de lucha” contra el ejército sirio.
Estos milicianos son remanentes del ejército que impuso un régimen de terror en la región. Son combatientes musulmanes, en su mayoría de países asiáticos, africanos y europeos, que llegaron al llamado “Califato Islámico” entre 2013 y 2016.
De esos 40.000 milicianos que la ONU calculó que tenía hace una década, el grupo cuenta hoy con entre 1500 a 3000 milicianos desparramados en el desierto sirio.
Lejos de las amplias ofensivas del pasado, la estrategia militar se recuesta en emboscadas, artefactos explosivos improvisados, asesinatos y asaltos rápidos nocturnos contra puestos de control y fuerzas militares en el desierto sirio entre Homs y Deir ez-Zor y en zonas remotas cerca de la frontera con Irak, según el reporte.
Los milicianos se agrupan en pequeñas células apoyadas por redes logísticas que las protegen.
“Lo que estamos presenciando hoy es una versión diferente de la organización, una que depende más de la guerra de guerrillas y del desgaste de la seguridad que del control directo de las ciudades”, dijo el general de brigada retirado Mustafa al-Sheikh, experto en seguridad y asuntos estratégicos, citado por The Media Line.
Qué pasa con los milicianos islámicos detenidos y sus familias
Más allá de esta anunciada reorganización militar, hay miles de antiguos milicianos extranjeros detenidos en prisiones sirias bajo control de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS) en el noreste del país.
También hay miles de familiares de viejos combatientes, incluidos cientos de niños, en un verdadero limbo judicial. Sus países de origen se niegan a recibirlos.
En febrero pasado, el gobierno sirio reconoció que el campamento de Al Hol para familiares registró fugas masivas en enero. Este lugar llegó a albergar a decenas de miles de personas junto a otro similar en Roj, cerca de Irak. Familiares de milicianos del ISIS en el hoy desmantelado campamento de Al Hol. (Foto: Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)
Faisal Al-Aswad, miembro de la Organización Siria para el Desarrollo (SDO), una ONG local, contó a TN vía WhatsApp que “el campamento de Al Hol nunca fue una solución a largo plazo”.
“Se trató de una medida de emergencia que gradualmente se volvió insostenible tanto desde una perspectiva humanitaria como administrativa. Además, la falta de una gestión precisa y estructurada agravó el impacto negativo en las familias y los niños, en lugar de abordar las causas profundas del problema”, explicó.
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Finalmente, las esposas, viudas e hijos de milicianos del ISIS fueron trasladados a una ubicación alternativa bajo acuerdos administrativos y de seguridad a cargo del gobierno. El nuevo campamento está ubicado en Akhtarin, al norte de la ciudad de Alepo. Muchas otras familias fueron repatriadas a Irak.
“Cada caso se está revisando individualmente a través de los mecanismos oficiales, con la coordinación pertinente con los países de origen. Es importante evitar generalizaciones. Estos niños son, ante todo, víctimas de las circunstancias del conflicto”, indicó.
Además, el activista mencionó otro problema. “Muchos residentes sirios habían sido detenidos en el campamento bajo acusaciones de afiliación al ISIS, mientras que las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS) habían presentado a toda la población del campamento como vinculada a dicho grupo”.
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A migrant wanted in connection with the brutal murder of an American mother in Ireland was in the country despite having his asylum application rejected, according to Irish media.
The man, described by Irish police as a «person of interest,» was in the process of appealing the asylum decision and was allowed to remain in the country when Jamey Carney, 43, was beaten and suffocated in her home in Killarney, County Kerry, the Irish Mirror reported.
Despite his status, the outlet said he was still in the possession of his passport and left Ireland on a flight to Istanbul, Turkey, before Carney’s body was discovered Tuesday, triggering an international manhunt and a murder investigation.
It is unclear when his asylum application was refused or why it was denied. Irish police have refused to name the man.
AMERICAN MOTHER MURDERED IN IRISH TOURIST TOWN AS INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT TARGETS ALLEGED ASYLUM SEEKER
American citizen Jamey Carney, left, and Inch Beach in County Kerry, Ireland, a popular tourist destination on the country’s scenic southwest coast near Killarney. (Jamey Carney/Facebook; Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images)
The reports are likely to intensify scrutiny of Ireland’s asylum system and why the man remained in the country after reportedly being denied asylum.
The Irish Mirror reported the Jordanian national had arrived in Ireland in 2024 and been living in a state-run migrant shelter in the idyllic town before spending increasing amounts of time at Carney’s home after they became romantically involved.
He first arrived in the United Kingdom before traveling through Northern Ireland and eventually settling in County Kerry, according to the Irish Mirror.
His social media accounts contain posts from the United Kingdom and Turkey in recent years.
Carney’s social media profiles described her as a «New Yorker in Ireland» and showed her with a man she identified as her partner and writing that they were a «mixed couple.» Multiple Irish media outlets have identified the man as the person police are seeking, though Irish police have not publicly confirmed his identity or reported immigration status.
Fox News Digital asked Irish police and the Department of Justice to confirm reports that he had been refused asylum and was appealing that decision. Neither agency confirmed the reports.
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American citizen Jamey Carney, left, and members of Ireland’s national police force, An Garda Síochána, patrol Grafton Street in Dublin in a file photo. Irish police have faced criticism for not publicly identifying the person of interest in Carney’s murder. (Jamey Carney/Facebook; Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Detectives believe Carney died around 11 p.m. Monday, roughly 14 hours before her body was discovered, according to The Irish Independent.
Her body was found on Tuesday at around 1:30 p.m. local time by her 13-year-old daughter.
By that time, the man had boarded a flight to Istanbul having traveled 200 miles by bus to Dublin Airport.
Despite the manhunt entering its sixth day, police have yet to name or provide any details about the person on the run, drawing criticism on both sides of the Atlantic. Irish police said that investigators are working with international law enforcement partners as the murder investigation continues.
Detectives issued alerts to airports, ports, train stations and bus stations within just over an hour of Carney’s body being discovered, The Irish Independent reported. However, by then, the man had already left Ireland.
According to the Irish Mirror, investigators now fear he may already have traveled onward to his home country of Jordan, which does not have an extradition treaty with Ireland.
A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital the search is expected to be difficult because the man had a significant head start before investigators were alerted to Carney’s death.
The entrance to the Homeland housing estate off Muckross Road in Killarney, County Kerry, where American citizen Jamey Carney was found dead at her home. Irish police have launched a murder investigation. (Google Maps)
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Carney, a New York native, moved to Ireland in 2021 and has family living in the Killarney area.
The State Department told Fox News Digital it was providing consular assistance to the victim’s family.
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EXCLUSIVE: Former ‘Apprentice’ star picked by Trump to showcase America’s 250th anniversary through art
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WASHINGTON — Nearly two decades after hearing «You’re fired!» on NBC’s «The Apprentice,» Erin Scavino says President Donald Trump chose her to lead one of the federal government’s least-known offices as it helps tell America’s story to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Scavino, director of the State Department’s Art in Embassies program, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview inside the Art Museum of the Americas that she never imagined she’d go from reality TV to overseeing one of the Trump administration’s signature America 250 cultural initiatives.
She said she views her appointment as part of Trump’s broader effort to elevate American culture alongside American history ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
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Erin Scavino, director of the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program, oversees the «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. (Courtesy Art in Embassies)
«I was a day one hire by President Trump because just like we’ve seen with the Kennedy Center, he wanted to make the performing arts great again, and he also put me at Art in Embassies to make visual arts great,» Scavino said.
Although little known to most Americans, the Art in Embassies office has existed since 1964, placing American artwork in nearly 190 diplomatic properties around the world as a form of cultural diplomacy.
Scavino said the nation’s 250th anniversary offered an opportunity to introduce the program to a broader audience.
Opening July 30 at the Art Museum of the Americas, «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» will bring together more than 30 contemporary American artists whose work explores patriotism, diplomacy, military service, immigration and national identity in what organizers describe as a celebration of the ideals that have shaped the U.S. since its founding.
The exhibition, presented through a partnership between the State Department’s Office of Art in Embassies and the American Arts Conservancy, will be free to the public through Oct. 18.
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Art in Embassies Director Erin Scavino unboxes a Romero Britto artwork ahead of the opening of the State Department’s «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition. (Courtesy of Art in Embassies)
The exhibition spans dozens of contemporary works exploring patriotism through photography, painting, sculpture and fashion, with each gallery approaching the American story from a different perspective.
Among the featured works is «Gallantly Streaming» by acclaimed artist Barbara Ernst Prey, a sweeping interpretation of the American flag that anchors the exhibition’s exploration of national identity.
Internationally recognized pop artist Romero Britto also reimagines the Statue of Liberty in his signature bold palette for the exhibit, layering vibrant colors against the Stars and Stripes to celebrate what Scavino described as the enduring promise of the American dream.
The exhibit will feature a powerful series of photographs by Korina Marie Moore, whose images capture moments of military service through a deeply personal lens. Rather than focusing solely on combat, Moore’s photographs spotlight the men and women who serve — from sailors gathered around a U.S. Navy vessel to service members standing watch as the Statue of Liberty rises across New York Harbor and the solemnity of Arlington National Cemetery.
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A sketch of designer Kate Wasserbach Moore’s America250 couture gown, inspired by Betsy Ross’ American flag, created for the State Department’s «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition. (Courtesy of Art in Embassies)
Visitors will also encounter an America 250 haute couture gown created specifically for the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration, inspired by Betsy’s Ross’ flag.
For Scavino, the exhibit represents the latest chapter in a career that unexpectedly led from «The Apprentice» to the Trump administration. Looking back on that journey, she said there has been one constant.
«The common thread throughout all of this is President Trump,» Scavino said. «That’s why I always thank him so much for these great opportunities.»
Scavino says the opportunity has opened her eyes to the people behind the offices.
President Donald Trump speaks during the wedding reception of Dan and Erin Scavino at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 1, 2026. Erin Scavino told Fox News Digital Trump delivered remarks at the couple’s wedding and later called to say he enjoyed the celebration. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
«Every time you learn about someone’s job, you’re actually understanding a whole new universe,» she said. «That’s what’s really special about the State Department.»
«People often think [the State Department is] really serious, and yes, of course, there’s so much diplomacy and so many very serious things that are going on,» Scavino said. «But there are so many interesting components, like Art in Embassies.»
«This isn’t something that was created for me,» she added. «Art in Embassies has been around since 1964 under President Kennedy… Every time you learn about someone’s job, you’re actually understanding a whole new universe.»
Scavino said one of her goals was to create an exhibition that feels welcoming to visitors who might never consider themselves «art people.»
Korina Marie Moore’s photograph «Facing Liberty» depicts two U.S. service members looking toward the Statue of Liberty. The work is featured in the State Department’s «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition. (Courtesy Art in Embassies)
«Art has become sort of a gatekeeping situation or something that’s only for the rich or the elite,» she said. «I wanted to say, ‘Hey, no. We want kids. We want grandparents. We want moms. We want families. We want dads. We want people all over the world to come to this museum because there is something for everyone.’»
Each artwork includes QR codes allowing visitors to hear directly from artists about their work and creative process, an effort Scavino said makes the exhibit more approachable.
«You don’t have to have your nose in the air saying, ‘Oh, that Monet’ or ‘That Degas,’» she said. «You’re going to see a flag. You’re going to see a sculpture. You’re going to hear Americans tell their stories.»
Scavino pointed to Romero Britto’s colorful Statue of Liberty piece, «Liberty for All,» as one example of the American dream reflected throughout the exhibit.
Romero Britto’s «Liberty for All» is featured in the State Department’s «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. (Courtesy of Art in Embassies)
«When I think about his hearts or his Statue of Liberty, it just makes me think about the American dream,» she said. «He is so patriotic and he loves this country.»
«There are so many stories that are often overlooked,» Scavino said. «We show pictures of loss. We show people that have lost their lives for this nation. We show people who are celebrating serving our country… I think that we have to honor those who have served.»
One of the exhibition’s most unexpected pieces isn’t a painting or sculpture — it’s a couture gown inspired by Betsy Ross’ American flag.
Scavino said the idea came while she was searching for a wedding dress ahead of her February wedding to fellow Trump administration official Dan Scavino at Mar-a-Lago, when she discovered designer Kate Wasserbach Moore, whose appreciation for American history sparked an unusual collaboration.
Erin Elmore, director of Art in Embassies at the State Department, arrives for her wedding to Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 1, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
«I cold-called her out of the blue and said, ‘Can you create a dress that looks like something one of the wives of our Founding Fathers would have worn and make it patriotic?’» Scavino recalled.
The finished design, featuring flowing red-and-white accents inspired by Betsy Ross’ flag, was created for the exhibition rather than the aisle, adding fashion to a collection that otherwise spans photography, painting and sculpture.
«To me, patriotic, red, white and blue, and also fashion—how much better does it get for a girl?» Scavino said.
Although Art in Embassies typically works overseas, Scavino said creating a major public exhibition in Washington had been one of her goals since taking over the office.
«I started with a dream because Art in Embassies is generally overseas,» she said. «I wanted to do something, to start a footprint here in the United States.»
That idea quickly gained momentum.
«The Art Museum of the Americas said yes,» Scavino recalled. «And the second surprise was that I unfortunately don’t have enough space for everyone. So many people generously wanted to participate.»
Kyler Steele’s photograph «Silence,» depicting rows of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, is featured in the State Department’s «Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy» exhibition celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. (Courtesy Art in Embassies)
For Scavino, the exhibition is ultimately less about individual works than the conversations they may inspire.
«What I love about art is it’s totally different from politics,» she said. «You can get in the door by talking about art… and maybe instead of tear down, we can come together.»
She said that’s especially important because, for many people overseas, an American embassy may be their first — and sometimes only — connection to the United States.
«Sometimes in these small nations that are so foreign to us, the only touchpoint they have to America is our embassy and our ambassador,» Scavino said. «So it is so much more important than I ever thought it would be.»
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Scavino hopes visitors leave with a deeper appreciation not only for the artwork, but for the stories it tells about the nation it represents.
«You only get to celebrate 250 years once,» she said. «So let art be a way of celebration.»
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