The battle against the Islamic State is far from over, as evidenced by this morning’s meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the State Department. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leads the lineup of speakers and will address the D-ISIS small group ministerial at 10 a.m.

There was concern last month that the coalition of 81 countries might be crumbling in the wake of President Trump’s orders withdrawing all U.S forces from northern Syria. Now that the Pentagon has announced that 500 to 600 will remain, though, the conference will focus on next steps.

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