Battle to Stamp Out ISIS in Syria Gains New Momentum, but Threats Remain
In The News Piece in The New York Times
May 30, 2018
Joshua Geltzer's May 23 congressional testimony on ISIS was referenced in a New York Times story on the continuing fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria:
“ISIS’s online messaging has multiple themes, and if battlefield losses force the group to shift away from messages emphasizing the holding of territory, the group can pivot toward its claim to victimhood,” Joshua A. Geltzer, a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council in the Obama administration, said in congressional testimony last week.