Defeats could send Islamic State down terrifying new path

The terror group grew out of an al Qaeda offshoot, and could mutate further in response to material victories by the US-led coalition, warn Colin P Clarke and Chad C Serena

MANY experts are now speculating that Islamic State is experiencing its death knell.

It is losing territory, its finances are being drained, and the number of foreign fighters recruited has reportedly down to a trickle, dropping by as much as 90% from a high of 2,000 a month in the past year.