Is so-called Islamic State finished?

By Helena Merriman The Inquiry, BBC World Service Under fire from Russian, Turkish, Iraqi, Syrian and Kurdish forces, as well as US air p...

By Helena MerrimanThe Inquiry, BBC World Service

Under fire from Russian, Turkish, Iraqi, Syrian and Kurdish forces, as well as US air power, so-called Islamic State has lost large swathes of land, as well as fighters and money. What does this mean for the Islamist militant group? Is it finished?

On 13 August this year, the town of Manbij in northern Syria was liberated from IS. After the last fighter left, the town erupted: men sat on street corners, cutting off each other's beards; women tore off their face veils and set fire to them; an old woman lit a cigarette and laughed through the smoke.

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