James Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, made a provocative assertion Tuesday when he said the burgeoning lliance between Iran, Russia and Syria is the primary problem facing the Middle East today.
Speaking during a panel discussion for the launch of the Atlantic Council’s new Task Force on the Future of Iraq, Jeffrey, who served as ambassador from 2010 – 2012, said “We have an Iran, Syria, Russia problem right now in the Middle East, that is the number one problem in the whole region.” “considering we also have ISIS, that’s saying a lot,”he added.
 

Source: Daily Caller, 20 February 2016