Turkey Vs IS Essay

Introduction

As part of the spill over of the Syrian civil war, Turkey is battling the IS in its border with Syria. Turkey first named the organization a terrorist group in 2015 and has since been involved in active war against them. Syrian has helped in in fighting IS since it is a common enemy for both (Gunter, 2015). Phillips (2015) claims that Iraq has not supported Turkey in the fight since she has no stable army and is facing IS problem as well.

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Afghanistan vs IS

IS was reported being in Afghanistan in 2015. The Afghanistan Army has tried to suppress their spread across the nation. Eshpandiary and Tabatabai (2015) emphasizes that most of the support in fighting insurgency and terrorism in Afghanistan has been coming from Iran. Pakistan does nothing but mostly offers training ground and harbor for IS and other terrorist factions (Abbas, 2014).

Libya vs IS

IS moved to regroup in Libya following their defeats in Syria and Iraq. Algeria has for long ruled out sending troops to Libya to help fight IS since they believe the key to ending the menace is in the hands of Libyans (Maoulidi, 2015). Mali has for long sent troops in Libya as the country believes that if the insurgency is not controlled it will spill into Mali (Bannelier-Christakis, 2016).

Egypt vs Al-Gama's Al-Islamiyah

Al-Gama's Al-Islamiyah wants to overthrow Egyptian government and replace it with Islamic State. Surprisingly, Sudan never supported Egypt in fighting the group but collaborated with them since it helped the nation fight South Sudanese rebels (De Waal, 2004). Nael (2013) claims that Iraq have assisted Egypt since it had backed them fight against Iran.

Iran vs Jundallah

Jundallah equally want to overthrow government and has since been declared a terrorist organization. Pakistan is not cooperating with Iran in the fight against Jundallah and has been mentioned as a harbor for most of the wanted leaders (Christine & Shaun, 2016). Afghanistan has also not helped Iran and is considered the source of opium that this terrorist group sell to finance itself (Christensen, 2011).

References

Abbas, H. (2014). ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan: Focus, Fears & Future Prospects. Jinnah InstIitute.

Bannelier-Christakis, K. (2016). Military Interventions against ISIL in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the Legal Basis of Consent. Leiden Journal of International Law 29.3, 743-775.

Christensen, J. B. (2011). Strained Alliances: Iran's troubled relations to Afghanistan and Pakistan (No. 2011: 03). DIIS Reports/Danish Institute for International Studies.

Christine, F., & Shaun, G. ( 2016). Pakistan in National and Regional Change: State and Society in Flux. Routledge.

De Waal, A. (2004). The politics of destabilization in the horn, 1989-2001. Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa, 182-230.

Esfandiary, D., & Tabatabai, A. (2015). Iran's ISIS policy. International Affairs, 91(1), 1-15.

Gunter, M. M. (2015). Iraq, Syria, ISIS and the Kurds: Geostrategic concerns for the US and Turkey. Middle East Policy, 22(1), 102-111.

Maoulidi, M. (2015). International pressure will spur Libyan reunification: North Africa-issue in focus. Africa Conflict Monitor 2015.Jul 2015, 33-38.

Nael, S. (2013). Egyptian Foreign Policy From Mubarak to Morsi: Against the National Interest. Routledge.

Phillips, D. L. (2015). ISIS-Turkey links. Huffington Post.