Perhaps the most shocking element of the seizure of huge swathes of #Syria and #Iraq by militants is the sheer speed at which it was carried out. A group called #ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or Levant) has, over the last year, made major gains of territory across eastern and northern Syria and western and northern Iraq. Indeed, a decade after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country clearly remains fragile and chaotic. So how was ISIS able to so effectively seize control of these areas? The group has around 6000 fighters in Iraq and between 3000 and 5000 in Syria, according to some reports – far less than the Iraqi army. https://middleeastmonitor/articles/middle-east/12095-it-will-take-more-than-military-force-to-save-iraq
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:25:00 +0000
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