§ 3. Ever So Tangled Arabesque of Sunni-Shiite, Enemy-Ally Lines —Shiite leaders in Iran and Iraq, as well as Assad, have accused Sunni governments in the Persian Gulf of aiding the militants. | Washington Post: ow.ly/yscWf 1. Meet Kerry in Paris: Saudi, UAE, Jordan On Thursday, Kerry will meet in Paris with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan to ask them to intervene more forcefully with Sunni tribes in western Iraq to sever all ties with ISIS and join efforts to preserve a unified Iraq. 2. 20 killed in Syrian airstrike in Qaim Meanwhile, Iraqi news media reported that at least 20 people were killed and 93 injured in the strike by Syrian jets in an Iraqi border town controlled by ISIS. Western officials who confirmed the attack said they had no casualty details on the strike, which targeted a market in the town of Qaim, according to the nongovernment National Iraqi News Agency. 3. Israeli rockets struck Syrian military HQ On Monday, Israeli warplanes and rockets struck nine targets, including what the Israel Defense Forces said was a Syrian military command headquarters, in retaliation for a missile attack from Syria on Sunday that killed one Israeli and wounded another in the Golan Heights. 4. Assad to intervene to help Maliki govt ISIS militants are fighting the governments on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border, and an apparent decision by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to intervene to help Maliki further tangles the already complex knot of actors in the overlapping crises. In Syria, the United States opposes both Assad and ISIS, which it condemns as a terrorist, al-Qaeda-inspired organization. 5. Iran supports both Assad and Maliki Iran supports both Assad and Maliki and is sending aid to both, although Iraq’s ambassador to Tehran on Tuesday denied reports that the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps was in Baghdad helping the government there, Iran’s Fars News Agency reported. Shiite leaders in Iran and Iraq, as well as Assad, have accused Sunni governments in the Persian Gulf of aiding the militants. Next: § 4. ISIS Targets Oil Refineries; Iraq on the Last Breathes Read in full on Washington Post: ow.ly/yscWf Related article below is also on Washington Post
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