ISIS attacks in Syria are rising

ISIS has shown in recent days that it not only poses a threat but it could also be increasing activity.

- By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Four members of the Syrian security forces were killed in an Islamic State attack near Raqqa in Syria on Monday in one of several attacks over the last two days.

This is occurring as US forces are withdrawing from Syria. In addition, the Syrian security forces have mostly closed a large camp called Al-Hol, where families linked to ISIS had been confined. Around 15,000 of these family members left, most of them children.

Syrian state media SANA said the "Internal Security Forces on Monday successfully thwarted a terrorist attack targeting one of its security checkpoints in the city of Raqqa, northeastern Syria. The operation resulted in the martyrdom of four security personnel and the injury of two others, while one of the attacking terrorists was neutralized."