MESOP : COALITION NEWS & ISIS
MESOP : COALITION NEWS & ISIS
U.S.-led airstrikes continued (BBC) in both Syria and Iraq over the weekend. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syria’s biggest gas plant, a grain silo, and a storage container were hit, while Iraqi forces claim to have stopped the advance of ISIS militants in a key strategic town near Baghdad thanks to renewed airstrikes.
Iraqi President Fuad Masum discusses ISIS and the current situation in the country in this CFR Meeting.
A Hezbollah leader called for greater unity between Sunnis and Shia (Daily Star) across the Arab world to fight terrorism.
This CFR InfoGuide discusses the origins of the Sunni-Shia divide.