IS, Tikrit and Changing Strategic Alignments in Iraq and Syria
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Channel: NewsClickin · 2015 · News & Politics
Newsclick interviewed Prof. Aijaz Ahmed, well-known political analyst, to discuss the new developments in Iraq, Syria and the role of Iran in the fight against Islamic State (IS) in and around Tikrit. Prof. Aijaz explains the strategic interest of Iran in stabilising Iraq and Syria. He also addresses the contradictory stand of the US in fighting IS. Aijaz feels that the US policy could be a possible strategic trap for Iran. The US would support, for example, Jabhat ul Nusra against Assad in Syria to bleed Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. This would also explain why the US does not want a defeat of the IS, and therefore its lack of participation in the current offensive of the Baghdad forces. Interestingly, we are also seeing a new alignment on the ground -- Iran, Iraq, Syria and Kurds, all joining hands to fight the IS.
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