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Abstract: This analysis documents the rise, peak, and then fall of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State, solely within the territorial confines of the nations of Syria and Iraq. The decline of the declared caliphate began in 2016 due to the precision warfare of the United States and its allies, the intervention of the Russian military on the Syrian front, and the U.S. support of the Iraqi military. (June 2023 – unpublished)