Iraq After ISIS: Why More Fighting May Be In Store

The campaign to liberate Mosul from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) has raised questions about what Iraq will look like once ISIS is defeated. The expulsion of the militants from Iraq will probably neither decrease the number of armed groups in the country nor limit the potential for violence there. Far from portending the end of Iraq's current turbulence, ISIS' demise could have the opposite effect, creating opportunities for violent competition in the areas that the militant group abandons....

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