Ashish Kumar Sen is deputy director of communications at the Atlantic Council. Follow him on Twitter @AshishSen. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/ashish-kumar-sen/rss en ISIS Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:59:37 +0000 Ashish Kumar Sen https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/10/18/after-the-battle-for-raqqa-now-comes-the-hard-part https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/10/18/after-the-battle-for-raqqa-now-comes-the-hard-part After U.S.-backed SDF forces announced the end of the battle against ISIS in Raqqa on Tuesday, the Atlantic Council’s experts weigh in on how this will impact ISIS and the remaining challenges.