defeat of the terror group in March 2019, IS “still has hundreds of sleeper cells that have the capability to wage deadly attacks on civilians and combatants alike.”

In the town of Tabqa, in western Raqqa, local news reports this week said a suspected IS sleeper cell assaulted a family, killing three of its members, including a child. The reports did not say why the family was attacked, but IS has in the past targeted people whom it suspected of having ties to or working for the government or U.S.-backed local forces.

While most of the recent activity has been in areas IS once controlled as part of its so-called caliphate, the militant group has been particularly active in Syria’s vast desert region.

The Syrian Observatory reported at least 10 IS-claimedaccident.
When paramedics arrived, the defendant was awake but “mostly in and
out of consciousness.” The defendant had to be extricated from his car.

   A key factual dispute was whether the defendant lost consciousness
before the crash. His defense was that he blacked out and did not have
control of the car at the time of the collision. He testified that he felt “very
faint” about “a second or two” into the Blue Heron exit. He explained that
he had never fainted before and did not know he was going to pass out.
He recalled driving 65 to 70 mph before he lost consciousness. The next
thing he remembered was waking up in the hospital.

    Defense counsel argued that the defendant’s height and manner of
sitting in his car meant that his