Coalition Of One: Iran Leads Own Fight Against Islamic State Militants
to try to roll back the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria. But when the nearly 40-state strong alliance starts operations, it will find that there is already another coalition on the ground whose presence could complicate the U.S.-led effort in unpredictable ways. That is a coalition that includes just one state, Iran. But it comprises multiple Tehran-backed regional Shi'ite militias which are already combating the IS jihadists and other Sunni militant groups in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, the Iranian-backed Lebanese-Shi'ite ...
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