Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios
- Written by James L. Gelvin, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul falls.
Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of territory the size of the United Kingdom. But on Oct. 16, 2016, a coalition of the Iraqi army, military forces from Iraq’s...
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