Iran and ISIS 'both approach Iraq and Syria in the same way

Jun 4, 2015,

  A campaign of air strikes carried out by a US-led coalition hasn't prevented the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, and Daesh) from continuing its campaign of violence.
ISIS seized Ramadi, a provincial capital in Iraq, and Palmyra, an ancient city in Syria, in May and the group is now closing in on Aleppo.
The Soufan Group, a strategic security firm, notes that Iran stands to benefit from the failure of the coalition and Iraqi security forces backed by the US.
Shiite-led Iran has been on the front lines of the fight against ISIS, a Sunni terror group, in Iraq. The militias Iran supports are widely considered the most competent fighting force on the ground in Iraq.
The Iraqi security forces, led by the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad, withered under a massive ISIS assault in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the Anbar province, last month. The same thing happened last summer in the second largest city of Mosul.  read more....