What Lies Beneath the Seizure of Sinjar?

... lost the control of the city in August 2014, during an overwhelming assault launched by the jihadists who were eventually stopped in their expansion by US airstrikes, and the subsequent creation of the US-led coalition in September 2014. The seizure of Sinjar by the Kurds highlights the key-role played by the Peshmerga in fighting the jihadists in Northern Iraq. Significantly, the US planned and carried out this operation with the Kurds and not with the Iraqi army. Beyond military considerations related to the inefficiency of Iraqi forces, the objective was ...