The war on ISIS has reached a critical moment as their strongholds in both Syria and Iraq begin to crumble. With our guests, Anand Gopal, an Afghanistan correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and The Christian Science Monitor, and has also reported on the Middle East and South Asia for Harper’s, The Nation, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, and other publications & Murtaza Hussain, a journalist at The Intercept, whose work focuses on national security, foreign policy and human rights. Previously been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian and Al Jazeera English. Together We try to trace the history of the Syrian uprising and the events that happened before the extremist movement took hold of power in the newly liberated territories. Raising questions about key players in the current operation and the role which they played since 2011.