The Hunt: US-led coalition strikes a mosque used by ISIS fighters

WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led military coalition battling ISIS in Syria launched a precision strike on a mosque this week in the Middle Euphrates River Valley.

And in this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, professor Dean Alexander, the director of the homeland security research program at Western Illinois University, explains why that happened.

Status of ISIS 'a mixed bag' (Professor Dean Alexander 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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