The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad

552.34 - 577.82 Antony Blinken

No one knows the importance of that more than Iraq because of the presence and indeed the ongoing presence of ISIS or Daesh in Syria. The United States, Iraq together had tremendous success in taking away the territorial caliphate that Daesh had created years ago. And now, having put Daesh back in its box, we can't let it out and we're determined to make sure that that doesn't happen.