A review and interview with Raphael Israeli, author of The Internationalization of ISIS

by Jerry Gordon (November 2016)

The Internationalization of ISIS: The Muslim State in Iraq and Syria
by Raphael Israeli
Transaction Publishers, April 2016
287 pages

The US–led coalition launched a major campaign to reclaim Mosul on October 17, 2016 with 30,000 Iraqi national troops, Shi’ite militias and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, assisted by 5,000 US and foreign advisers with air and heavy artillery support.  more>>>