By David Francis and Sabine Muscat
Iraqi Kurdish fighters are driving back the Islamic State in Sinjar. U.S. involvement in the fight against the Islamic State began at Mt. Sinjar last summer, where members of Iraq’s minority Yazidi group were stranded. This weekend, the Peshmerga, backed by Christian and Yazidi militias, drove Islamic State fighters from Sinjar. This marks one of the successful counterattacks against the Islamic State and raises hopes that American military trainers on their way to Iraq can prepare an effective fighting force.
The Wall Street Journal’s Ali A. Nabhan and Matt Bradley: “The coordinated assault came nearly a …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
