The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy

Iraq welcomes Syrian airstrikes on ISIS; Aleppo’s water crisis.
Members of the Iraqi security forces fire artillery during the clashes with the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the town of Dalli Abbas in Diyala province, June 28, 2014. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most influential Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, called on the country's leaders on Friday to choose a prime minister within the next four days, a dramatic political intervention that could hasten the end of Nuri al-Maliki's eight year rule. Picture take
Members of the Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the town of Dalli Abbas in Diyala province, June 28, 2014. - REUTERS
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki this week said he "welcomed" Syrian airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) forces on the Iraq-Syria border.

Iraq’s ambassador to the United States, Lukman Faily, told Al-Monitor on June 26, "Any air supremacy support provided to Iraq will surely have a significant effect. That to us is a key game changer."

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