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ISIS Explained
Iraq is unraveling. Kurdish soldiers have reportedly captured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, and rebels say the Iraqi army didn’t even put up a fight. This comes one day after we learned that a jihadist group known as ISIS - Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - took over Mosul and Tikrit.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readIraq is unraveling. Kurdish soldiers have reportedly captured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, and rebels say the Iraqi army didn’t even put up a fight. This comes one day after we learned that a jihadist group known as ISIS - Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - took over Mosul and Tikrit.
Who’s behind ISIS? What do they want, and how likely are they to get it?
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World Cup Protests, Four Decades of Film and Scary Food News- 0:00ISIS ExplainedYou’re reading this
- 9:56Protests Cast Shadow on the World Cup
- 19:28The Limits of Political Polls
- 28:19Four Decades of Film
- 43:07A Superbug in the Food Supply?
The full episode
1 of 5World Cup Protests, Four Decades of Film and Scary Food News- 0:00ISIS ExplainedYou’re reading this
- 9:56Protests Cast Shadow on the World Cup
- 19:28The Limits of Political Polls
- 28:19Four Decades of Film
- 43:07A Superbug in the Food Supply?