The Caliphates Last Stand

Published: March 26, 2019, 8:54 p.m.

At the end of March, the last die-hard supporters of the Islamic State were driven out of the final remnant of a once-sprawling territorial caliphate encompassing vast swathes of Iraq and Syria. Associated Press reporter Sarah El Deeb covered the end of this phase of the Islamic State at the remote riverbank hamlet of Baghouz. \nThe group\u2019s territory is gone, but the followers that El Deeb interviewed have not given up their allegiance to the violent group and its extreme, nihilistic ideology. El Deeb discusses the conundrum of what to do with thousands of captured Islamic State supporters\u2014and her fear that it\u2019s only a matter of time before the group returns in yet another incarnation.\nParticipants include:\nSarah El Deeb, reporter, Associated Press\nMichael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow, The Century Foundation\nThanassis Cambanis, senior fellow, The Century Foundation