ISIS is back — Recent Islamic-State-inspired attacks are pointing to growing threat

The devastating anti-Semitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14 that left at least 15 dead. An ambush on US and coalition forces in Palmyra, Syria on Dec. 13 that killed three, including two US service members. And a horrific New Year’s Eve Bourbon Street attack, when a terrorist maniac drove his car into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 15. The three attacks are just some of the allegedly ISIS-led and inspired assaults that have taken place in recent years. Is the infamous death cult emerging from obsolescence to once more pose a significant threat to Americans? Here’s everything you need to know.