Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 2, 2016

Map: Tuz Khurmatu in Iraq. Spiegel Online

Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online: The Law of Revenge: Deadly Hatred among Anti-IS Alliance in Iraq

The US is fighting together with an alliance of rival groups to defeat IS in Iraq. Deadly violence in a city north of Baghdad shows, however, that once the Islamists are defeated, erstwhile allies may turn their weapons on each other.

It was halftime of the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City when the young boy was burned alive. Abdullah Fakr was 12 years old and loved football. A Kurdish sixth-grader, Fakr and his family had tuned into the Champions League semifinal on the evening of April 26 along with many others in the Iraqi city of Tuz Khurmatu.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 2, 2016

Why a loss in Fallujah may be a win for ISIS -- Taylor Luck, CSM

With Washington looking the other way, Iran fills a void in Iraq -- Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters

Syria's Kurds Are a Means to Others' Ends: Analysis -- Stratfor

French Summit on Middle East Peace: Five Reasons Not to Expect Much -- Aaron David Miller, WSJ

India and Iran: Changing the Great Game -- Siddhartha Srivastava, The Diplomat

Somalia hopes for better future despite attacks -- Alastair Leithead, BBC

Pyongyang’s diplomatic flurry -- JoongAng Daily Editorial

Of course Germany refused to deny the Armenian genocide -- Robert Fisk, The Independent

Game On for China, U.S. Ahead of South China Sea Ruling -- David Tweed, Bloomberg

Germany's 2017 Election Is Already Rattling Europe -- Kaj Leers, Real Clear World

Growing Uneasiness: EU Preparing for a Possible Brexit -- Spiegel Online

Dalai Lama's Pipe Dream for Europe's Refugees -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

We’re now witnessing the tragic decline of David Cameron -- John Harris, The Guardian

Tensions Between Trump, Cameron Go Back Years -- Rebecca Berg, RCW

The Zika Olympics -- Julie Beck, The Atlantic