Defeating ISIS is More than a One-Country Job

Defense and foreign ministers attended a flurry of meetings in Washington this week focused on the next steps in the fight against ISIS (also known as ISIL or Daesh), as plans for the long-awaited recapture of Mosul and longer-term stabilization and reconstruction efforts for Iraq come into focus.

On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened defense ministers and officials from more than 30 countries for an anti-ISIS coalition meeting at Joint Base Andrews to plan for the accelerated ISIS military campaign as Secretary of State John Kerry held a parallel meeting with foreign ministers at the State Department to raise new money for Iraq stabilization needs.

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