Joel Rayburn appears on Radio National Breakfast to discuss the United States military’s transfer of up to 7,000 Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq. This transfer was a response to Syrian government forces taking control of vast areas of the country’s north, which Kurdish-led militia previously held.
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Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)