Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Between the Lines
Episode: The rise and fall of ISIS: Could it make a comeback?
Description: In 2014 Islamic State, or ISIS, shocked the world by capturing the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and went on to seize large parts of western Iraq and eastern Syria. But in three short years it lost it all. So, why is ISIS much reduced from the all-conquering force it once was, and could it make a comeback?