Spy Chief: ISIS Faltering in Syria, but UK Threat Highest for 30 Years

An armed police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London on March 22, 2017, following a terrorist incident. Jack Taylor/Getty Images

The head of Britain’s Security Service has warned that the nation is facing a “dramatic upshift” in Islamic terrorism, and that further attacks are inevitable.

In a rare speech on Oct. 18, the head of MI5, Andrew Parker, told journalists that the “intense” threat was the worst he had known in his 34-year career. 

Parker warned that driving the ISIS terrorist group out of Syria and Iraq wouldn’t reduce the current Islamic terror threat to the UK.