We’ve gotten a few messages here at SOFREP wondering if ISIS (or IS, if you prefer their new designation) will end up as Iran’s client, thus presenting the Western world with a unified Islamist empire/threat. The question is not only deeply ignorant of the present (and historical) situation in the Middle East, it is unlikely […]
While the swift seizure of Mosul, Tikrit, and Bayji by ISIS threw a lot of people into panic, the situation in Iraq now appears to be settling into a longer, more drawn-out struggle along sectarian and territorial lines. From several reports, many of ISIS’ initial lightning successes were definitely facilitated by Iraqi Army commanders in […]
Questions have arisen as to just how ISIS could take Mosul, Tikrit, and Bayji, and now Taji as well, according to Rudaw, while hardly firing a shot. While conspiracy-mongering is par for the course in the Middle East, making Maliki’s claims of betrayal sound initially suspect, names are beginning to come up that make the […]
Following the fall of Mosul on Tuesday, the ISIS offensive has seized more territory, as the Iraqi Army continues to fold like a cheap suit. On June 10, a 60+ vehicle convoy rolled into Bayji, set fire to government buildings and police headquarters, and besieged the Bayji oil refinery, which is the largest refinery in […]
Late Monday, June 9, ISIS forces overran the provincial government headquarters building in Mosul. The Iraqi government no longer has any presence in the city. The assault on the city began on Friday. Many of the Iraqi security forces are reported to have stripped off their uniforms and fled. While fighters supported by machineguns and […]
While most of the commentary on the recent ISIS push in Fallujah and Ramadi has focused on Obama’s culpability and how all the men who died there died for nothing, a lot has gotten lost in the noise. Nothing in warfare, least of all 4GW, is that simple. ISIS has had a rocky year. From […]
Following the Iraqi government breakup of a Sunni protest camp in Ramadi on Dec 30, fighting erupted in Fallujah, with the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham seizing the southern half of the city. The black Al Qaeda battle flags now fly from government buildings in Fallujah. The Iraqi government is saying that the […]
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