Wafiq Al-Samarrai

2 articles

Opinion: The US and the liberation of Mosul

It is wonderful that every time the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shows up or advances towards the outskirts of Mosul, particularly near the Iraqi Kurdistan region, it is swiftly targeted by the US air force. This is unlike the situation in the western Anbar province where the US response t

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Opinion: Iran and ISIS in Iraq

US Senator John McCain described the presence of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iraq as being a source of concern for the US. In the days following the capture of Mosul by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Washington issued a statement saying that the US had no intention to in