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	Podcast:		The Signal
	Episode:		Is this Islamic State's death rattle?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:15:34
	Publish Date:		2019-03-03 11:00:00
	Description:		Islamic State is on the brink of territorial collapse, five years after it established a Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. The US President Donald Trump says the group is beaten, but analysts are warning its power has morphed, rather than disappeared. There are estimates thousands of the group's fighters and followers remain in the region, and that more have returned to their home countries, creating a jihadist diaspora. Already there are signs that ISIS leadership is regrouping in Northern Iraq, to oversee an entrenched insurgency and prove their enduring power to the world. So what's left of Islamic State? What's their end game? And what are their chances of achieving it, with US troops out of the way? Featured: Dr Rodger Shanahan, Research Fellow, The Lowy Institute Joby Warrick, National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post
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