As the U.S. leaves Iraq, it can’t leave the door open for ISIS

Charles Lister is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. Joseph L. Votel is a distinguished senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and the former commander of U.

S. Special Operations Command and U.S.



Central Command. After more than six months of talks, the United States and Iraq look set to announce a significant agreement stipulating that the U.S.

-led anti-Islamic State coalition will withdraw entirely from the country over the next two years..