Islamic State(formerly ISIS) insurgents recently seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university, Iraq informed the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to “stave off the threat of their use by terrorists.” Nearly 88 pounds of uranium compounds were kept at Mosul University, Iraq.
Rajendra Abhyankar, former Indian ambassador to Syria, Turkey and Egypt, outlines what the Islam State’s designs are in Iraq, and analyses how this could reshape the region.
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