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IS appears to have the human and financial resources to fight a long war
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. In 2014 he forecast the rise of Isis. He also did graduate work at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queens University Belfast and has written about the effects of the Troubles on Irish and British policy in light of his experience.
Syria, ISIS and the West
CIA has hugely underestimated the number of jihadis, who now rule an area the size of Britain
Foreign intervention will only increase the level of violence and the Sunni-Shia civil war will gather force, with no end in sight
In many respects the situation in Saudi Arabia is getting worse rather than better
Foreign intervention will only increase the level of violence and the Sunni-Shia civil war will gather force, with no end in sight
America’s plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group’s fighters come close to capturing Kobani
US strategy lies in ruins
US policy has an Alice in Wonderland absurdity about it, everything being the opposite of what it appears to be
Islamist forces are fighting their way into western Syria from bases further east, bringing forward the prospect of US military intervention to stop their advance