Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Once the news cy­cle moves on, it will be busi­ness as usu­al for the US, the Tal­iban and even al-Qae­da it­self.

We need to ac­cept elim­i­nat­ing its lead­ers with tac­ti­cal strikes will not bring an end to ISIL.

The Is­lam­ic State’s Afghan af­fil­i­ate could de­rail Tal­iban ef­forts to es­tab­lish se­cu­ri­ty and sta­ble rule.

Whats hap­pen­ing in Afghanistan now is bring­ing back mem­o­ries of what hap­pened in Iraq in 2014.

In­ter­faith di­a­logue is im­por­tant, but the fate of Iraqi mi­nori­ties is hinged on the suc­cess of state-build­ing in Iraq.

Soleimani’s as­sas­si­na­tion comes as the Is­lam­ic Re­pub­lic and its al­lies have been strug­gling to re­tain in­flu­ence in Iraq.

By de­clar­ing a caliphate, al-Bagh­da­di has giv­en his fol­low­ers some­thing tan­gi­ble to fight for even af­ter his death.

Bren­ton Tar­rant suf­fers from com­mon his­tor­i­cal delu­sions.

Adel Ab­dul Mah­di will have a bet­ter chance of forg­ing the po­lit­i­cal con­sen­sus that has elud­ed his pre­de­ces­sors.

Iraq’s elec­tion was sup­posed to seal the po­lit­i­cal sta­tus quo, but Iraqis vot­ed against it.