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Can a defeated ISIS keep its brand alive?

Hosted by Warren Olney Oct. 26, 2017 National
ISIS may have been defeated in Iraq and Syria, but the ideology that motivated the Islamic State isn't dead yet. We hear about ISIS "provinces" around the world… and about fighters who've returned to their home countries.

Photo: A woman cries after she was rescued by fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces at the stadium after Raqqa was liberated from the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria October 17, 2017. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

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Can a defeated ISIS keep its brand alive?

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Yael Even Or, Andrea Brody, Gideon Brower, Devan Schwartz

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