Raqqa liberated from ISIS, but the threat remains

WASHINGTON — This week, U.S.-backed forces fighting ISIS in Syria declared that Raqqa has been liberated.

On this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Tara Maller, a spokeswoman and senior policy adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, says the situation is not that simple.

October 18, 2017 | ISIS might ‘call for more attacks overseas’ (The Counter Extremism Project's Tara Maller with WTOP's J.J. Green)
J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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