The map of ISIS territory from October 2017 shows that the group has lost all of its major urban strongholds and is now confined to the sparsely-inhabited border territories between Iraq and Syria.

We in the West seem to think that these lines drawn on a map long ago in between pink gins are somehow sacrosanct. They are not. If a group like Isis ... We need to guard Europe’s borders.

In light of that, Croft and her team also shared a map showing where ISIS' footprint across Iraq and Syria overlaps with oil infrastructure. The lighter gray areas show ISIS operational spheres ...