Islamic State’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean Victory for the U.S.
Fighting terror and containing the Iran-Russia alliance.
July 12, 2017
Islamic State’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean Victory for the U.S.
Fighting terror and containing the Iran-Russia alliance.
Earlier this week, Mosul—the largest city under Islamic State’s control—fell to Iraqi forces, while Islamic State has been driven almost entirely from its capital of Raqqa in Syria. Reports even circulated yesterday that the caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed. With Islamic State (IS) poised to fall, Elliott Abrams explains what’s next for the U.S.
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