After the ISIS Flag Falls: The Future of Mosul and Iraq

June 27, 2017 01:28:12
After the ISIS Flag Falls: The Future of Mosul and Iraq
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After the ISIS Flag Falls: The Future of Mosul and Iraq

Jun 27 2017 | 01:28:12

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Show Notes

After eight months of fighting for Mosul, Iraqi troops are closing in on the last of ISIS’s forces in the city. The government’s recovery of the main ISIS stronghold in Iraq will open a new phase in the country’s struggle for stability. Iraq must resolve longstanding domestic conflicts that contributed to ISIS’ rise in the first place and avert new cycles of vengeance arising from the terrorists’ brutal, three-year reign in Iraq’s northwest.

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