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The Hunt: ISIS fighters use US money to escape prison during Syria, Turkey quake

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Aerial photo shows the destruction in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,500, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade. (Ahmet Akpolat/DIA via AP )

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says this is a very troubling development because they actually had thousands of dollars to pay bribes.


Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler explains how ISIS fighters took advantage of the Turkey, Syria earthquake


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