EU Source: Iraq & Syria conflict situation map on 27 November 2015 After the disaster of last year's terrorist onslaught, Iraq is now landing heavy blows against the so called Islamic State. But it needs its allies to stop bickering to truly defeat Daesh. In my recent meeting with Prime Minister Haider al Abadi in Baghdad, the premier clearly expressed his frustration with the division among forces arrayed against ISIS (hereafter Daesh) which is delaying the common goal of defeating the terrorists. This division relates not to the United States and Iranian competition, but to two opposing international coalitions that are not coordinating with each other, giving the terrorists vital...
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