President Obama’s plan to destroy Islamic State is ineffective at best. Rather, NATO allies should aim towards forcing the terrorist organization to implode from within.

While it’s expected that it will be the Kurds who separate from Iraq, the real beneficiaries from a break-up of the country would be the Shia. They’re the ones who control 80 percent of the country’s oil wealth, and they would prefer not to share it with hostile neighbors.

Islamic State has a deep and sophisticated internet presence unlike any of the jihadist groups that came before it.

Part two continues to highlight the reasons why Islamic State is unlike any other jihadist threat yet faced by the international community, and how a break-up of the Iraqi may be looming on the horizon.

Whatever language you use – observers, air support, trainers – President Obama is sending the American military back to Iraq.

It took just one day for President Obama’s announcement of US air strikes in ISIS-held Iraq to translate into operational reality, and the first target chosen by US forces illustrates why this policy shift came about.

Last week’s ISIS-led offensive suggests that Washington’s worst-case scenario is about to unfold in Iraq.

What does the worsening refugee situation in Iraqi Kurdistan mean for Syria's civil war?

The leader of Iraqi Kurdistan is making his mark on Iraqi politics.