Vatanka Reports
News and Analysis on the Greater Middle East
Forget about ISIS: Shia militias are the real threat to Kurdistan
January 7, 2015
<p class="font_8" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2">In Iraq, the Islamic State (ISIS) is no longer on the offensive. That is particularly true on the Kurdish front in the north where the ISIS onslaught is now contained. The Iraqi Kurdish military, the Peshmerga, proved to have the capability to repel the extremist Sunni fighters from ISIS and to hang on to </span></span><span class="color_2"><span style="">recaptured</span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"> territory. They have done so largely without many resources or support from West.</span></span></p>
Forget about ISIS: Shia militias are the real threat to Kurdistan
January 7, 2015
<p class="font_8" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2">In Iraq, the Islamic State (ISIS) is no longer on the offensive. That is particularly true on the Kurdish front in the north where the ISIS onslaught is now contained. The Iraqi Kurdish military, the Peshmerga, proved to have the capability to repel the extremist Sunni fighters from ISIS and to hang on to </span></span><span class="color_2"><span style="">recaptured</span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"> territory. They have done so largely without many resources or support from West.</span></span></p>
Forget about ISIS: Shia militias are the real threat to Kurdistan
January 7, 2015
<p class="font_8" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2">In Iraq, the Islamic State (ISIS) is no longer on the offensive. That is particularly true on the Kurdish front in the north where the ISIS onslaught is now contained. The Iraqi Kurdish military, the Peshmerga, proved to have the capability to repel the extremist Sunni fighters from ISIS and to hang on to </span></span><span class="color_2"><span style="">recaptured</span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"> territory. They have done so largely without many resources or support from West.</span></span></p>
Forget about ISIS: Shia militias are the real threat to Kurdistan
January 7, 2015
<p class="font_8" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2">In Iraq, the Islamic State (ISIS) is no longer on the offensive. That is particularly true on the Kurdish front in the north where the ISIS onslaught is now contained. The Iraqi Kurdish military, the Peshmerga, proved to have the capability to repel the extremist Sunni fighters from ISIS and to hang on to </span></span><span class="color_2"><span style="">recaptured</span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"> territory. They have done so largely without many resources or support from West.</span></span></p>