This episode covers our extended conversation with Dr. Devorah Margolin, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. You’ll hear about her on-the-ground experiences in the region and insights from her many years working on the ISIS detention facilities crisis.

Just before the US and Israel launched initial strikes against Iran, developments in northern Syria concerning the ISIS detention facilities had gone from bad to worse. Thousands are now missing following the emptying of Al-Hol camp, and the international community is now fully distracted by the escalating war across the region. Now, latest reporting is already starting to trace ISIS “emerging from the rubble” in Syria, adding a volatile factor into an already spiraling situation.

Read Dr. Margolin’s latest analysis with Dr. Joana Cook for Foreign Policy: From Bad to Worse in Northeast Syria, and for The Washington Institute: Caught in the Crossfire: Islamic State Detention Sites at Risk

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