Press Play with Madeleine Brand
ISIS is on the run in Syria and Iraq, but it’s not going away
Today a U.N. spokesperson described the situation in Aleppo as “a complete meltdown of humanity.” Pro-government forces are close to retaking the Syrian city from anti-government rebels. It represents a major victory for President Bashar al Assad.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readToday a U.N. spokesperson described the situation in Aleppo as “a complete meltdown of humanity.” Pro-government forces are close to retaking the Syrian city from anti-government rebels. It represents a major victory for President Bashar al Assad. He’s been fighting an assortment of rebel groups there, and foreign fighters like ISIS and al Qaida in other parts of the country. ISIS is on the run in Syria and Iraq. Its plans for a caliphate now in disarray.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Robin Wright
contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center
The full episode
3 of 5The future of US energy policy and Arctic drilling- 0:00Changes coming to US energy policy
- 10:11The future of Arctic oil drilling
- 20:24ISIS is on the run in Syria and Iraq, but it’s not going awayYou’re reading this
- 30:58What happens when a man learns he owns looted art
- 41:02Gingerbread, chocolate, sugar: Where to get your fill of holiday cookies