![iraq]( "Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 10, 2014. Photo By: REUTERS")
Israel expressed concerns to US over security failures in Iraq
Netanyahu gov't fears implications of US inability to train Arab forces; says failures in Iraq evidence against proposed US security plan for the Jordan Valley.
By MICHAEL WILNER,HERB KEINON
![India kidnapping in Iraq]( "School students pray for the Indian citizens kidnapped in Iraq, at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad June 20, 2014. India has learned the location of 40 of its citizens kidnapped in Iraq by suspected Islamist militants and believes they are being held captive with workers of other nat Photo By: REUTERS/AMIT DAVE")
Checkmating Islamists in Iraq
It's time for India and other democracies to get serious about checkmating Islamists in Iraq.
By JAGDISH N SINGH
![Hassan Rouhani]( "Hassan Rouhani Photo By: REUTERS")
US: Iran is welcome to participate in UN meeting on Iraq
Friday session chaired by Secretary Kerry is open to Iranian participation, US says; Obama not opposed to meeting with Rouhani.
By MICHAEL WILNER
![F-16 fighter jets]( "US-made F-16 fighter jets in action. Photo By: REUTERS")
US scores military victory over Islamic State at Mosul Dam
Key facility retaken by Kurdish forces after major campaign of American airstrikes.
By MICHAEL WILNER
![Nuri al-Maliki]( "Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Photo By: REUTERS")
Iraq's Maliki steps aside as PM, backs replacement
Haider al-Abadi is seen as a far less polarizing figure that has a chance of uniting Iraqis against Sunni insurgents.
By REUTERS
![Yazidi]( "Displaced people from the minority Yazidis rest Monday near Iraq’s border with Syria while fleeing Sunni militants. Photo By: REUTERS")
Yazidi writer: ‘Defend us from the massacres’
“Thousands of men were killed in front of their families and many old men have died from thirst and illness,” says Khalida Khalil.
By Ariel Ben Solomon
![ISIS]( "Bombing carried out by ISIS in Iraq's Mosul Photo By: REUTERS")
Iranian general says Tehran ready to help Iraq against ISIS militants
Senior Revolutionary Guard officer says Iran will act as it has in Syria to prevent terrorists from taking over.
By REUTERS
![John Kerry]( "John Kerry Photo By: REUTERS")
On surprise Baghdad visit, Kerry says US will not choose Iraq's leader
The trip comes as ISIS takes control of more and more areas, including Syria border strongholds over the weekend.
By REUTERS
![John Kerry]( "John Kerry Photo By: REUTERS")
Kerry: US to share information with Iran amid Iraq insurgency
US secretary of state says Washington "interested in communicating" with Iran, but adds working with Tehran to stem insurgency not on the table.
By REUTERS
![Residents and Kurdish fighters celebrate the liberation of their village from Islamist rebels.]( "Kurds celebrate 370 Photo By: Reuters")
Kurdish journalists to ‘Post’: We may fast-track push for independence
"Kurdistan needs people like prime ministers David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir," Kurdish journalist says.
By Ariel Ben Solomon
![Iraq]( "Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 11, 2014. Photo By: REUTERS")
Analysis: Arab Winter is coming to Baghdad
The conquest of ISIS may be short-lived, but their success should be viewed in historical perspective.
By MICHAEL WILNER
![President Obama]( "US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Iraq from his vacation home at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo By: REUTERS")
Intervention’s limits
Over the decade since the invasion of Iraq, Republicans and Democrats alike have learned the hard way the limits of the US’s ability to effect change.
By JPost Editorial
![Yazidi child Wasim]( "Yazidi child Wasim Photo By: PR")
End Iraq terror
The deafening silence from the West is similar to that which greeted previous genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and Sudan, where crimes that could have been prevented.
By JPost Editorial