For a perfect encapsulation of the mess that is the Middle East and the United States' Middle East policy over the last 60 years, look no further than this report indicating that Iran has been bombing ISIS inside Iraq using American-made F-4 fighter jets sold to Iran during the ...read more

What's the difference between ISIS, ISIL, and IS? These are all abbreviations for the same group. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; ISIL stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, with the Levant being a region typically understood to include Syria, ...read more