ISIL Cannot Be Defeated in Iraq if Left In Syria: Reviving a Modified Geneva Process Could Offer Answers

Middle East Briefing  August 24, 2014
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There is a clear need for a concept to deal with the presence in Syria of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and this need becomes more urgent with the realization that the problem of ISIL in Iraq will never really end if the organization remains entrenched in Syria. The basic principle for any effective strategy against ISIL is that the only force that can defeat ISIL’s band of motivated and devoted fighters is a Sunni one.