Is a new approach needed in the war on IS in Iraq? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mona Alami

Mona Alami

Dec 29, 2015

Iraqi counterterrorism forces participate in a training exercise with the US Department of Defense as part of the campaign against the Islamic State, Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2015. — REUTERS/Carolyn Kaster

Iraqi security forces march as they conduct a raid and weapons search operation in Hawija April 24, 2014. The operation led to the arrest of wanted figures and the seizing of various weapons and ammunition, according to an Iraqi security forces officer. REUTERS/ Yahya Ahmad (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3MHDN

Liberation of Iraq's Hawija delayed yet again

Mona Alami

What is stopping the liberation of Mosul?

Mona Alami

Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi tours the city of Tikrit after Iraq security forces regained control from Islamist State militants, April 1, 2015. Iraqi troops and Shi'ite paramilitary fighters were battling Islamic State on Wednesday in northern Tikrit, which officials described as the Sunni Muslim militant group's last stronghold in the city. REUTERS/Stringer - RTR4VSL0

After Tikrit victory, what's next for Iraqi forces?

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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen during the battle with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Mosul January 21, 2015. Kurdish forces in northern Iraq said on Wednesday they had cleared Islamic State insurgents from nearly 500 square kilometres of territory and broken a key IS supply line between the city of Mosul and strongholds to the west near Syria. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR4MDE9

Iraqi Kurdish land grabs anger Sunni Arabs

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