国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Iraq needs plan to tackle factions division after IS defeat_时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Iraq needs plan to tackle factions division after IS defeat

The Kurds took advantage of the collapse of the Iraqi security forces against IS in June 2017. It took control of large swaths of territories and named disputed areas outside their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq. For the Kurds, the seized areas are hard to voluntarily abandon.

As for the Sunni Arab community, who are overwhelmingly relief for the liberation of their territories from IS militants, there is also fears about the Shiite-led government and the future.

The Sunnis believe that Baghdad Shiite-led government has long been ignoring complaints of the Sunni community, Jubouri said. "They also accuse the Shiite-dominated security forces and Iranian-backed militias of indiscriminately arresting, torturing and killing their sons," he added.

"Such complaints are very serious. Whether they were true, or partially true, the angry Sunnis went into more than a-year-long demonstrations and sit-in protests against the former Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who responded to the Sunni demands by storming their sit-in camps in Hawijah and Ramadi, sparking fierce armed conflict and bloodshed. Such policy by Maliki was a perfect opportunity for the extremist groups, including IS, to thrive," he said.

In the wake of widespread destruction and allegations of abuses, the Iraqi government should work on approaches to regain the trust of the Sunni Arabs and bring them back effectively to the political process, thus preventing the re-emergence of violent extremism.