Speech / Middle East & North Africa 14 October 2014 1 minute The situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and Levant In this testimony to the Defence Committee of the UK Parliament, Joost Hiltermann, Chief Operating Officer, explains the situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS). Share Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Whatsapp Save Print Watch a recording of the testimony on parliamentlive.tv. Related Tags More for you Podcast / Middle East & North Africa “Axis of Resistance” versus U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria Commentary / Middle East & North Africa Iraqi Kurdistan Twenty Years After Also available in Also available in Arabic