Should the US Work With Iran to Fight IS?

World leaders reached a deal with Iran on July 14 to ease economic sanctions if Iran curbs its nuclear capabilities, and this has reopened the debate over whether the U.S. should work more closely with Iranian-backed militias, several dozen of which are now fighting against IS in Iraq. The Iraqi prime minister has called them the “backbone of the fight against ISIS,” and they have proved to be one of the most effective fighters on the ground. Shi'ite militias, operating under the...

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