Why is Iraq being torn apart?
provides the essential background for understanding Iraq's crisis.
June 16, 2014
ISIS fighters on the streets in Mosul
THE BRAZEN seizure of Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, and subsequent military advance by insurgents operating under the banner of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has detonated a renewed civil war with the frightening potential of intensifying sectarian conflict throughout the Middle East.