obsession of acts of murder. but its harnessing of social media, to create a global franchise amongst people, that it often never met. atrocities committed by people, to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him, and within a week, a recording of his speech. it became a pattern. no public appearances, mixed with randomly released audio statements. officials believe he was injured in may of 2017, and had to take five months away. from that moment onwards, what was left of isis' caliphate collapsed in on itself. mosul, freed from their grip in july. isis reduced to a tiny slip of