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___During the height of its territorial control, the Islamic State (ISIS) operated its own health ministry and managed hospitals in key strongholds like Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq. Because many local health professionals fled, ISIS forcibly conscripted remaining doctors and recruited foreign medical professionals to staff these----
-----ISIS was extraordinarily difficult to defeat because it operated as a hybrid between a terrorist organization and a conventional army. Its resilience was driven by its ability to govern millions of people, hide within dense civilian populations, adapt to military pressure using guerrilla tactics, and use online propaganda to radicalize a global----
ISIS was uniquely difficult to defeat because it operated as a hybrid between a terrorist organization and a conventional military force. It successfully governed millions of people across a vast territory, utilized guerrilla and urban warfare tactics, and relied on a massive influx of international fighters while inspiring global terror networks