Matthew Levitt

Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute

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Matthew Levitt on KCRW

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The Islamic State, also called ISIS and ISIL, now controls a major part of Iraq and an entire province in Syria.

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