An Iraqi official detailed to The Guardian how approximately 30,000 troops defending Mosul turned and ran in the face of 800 ISIS fighters. 

OBAMA: "We can't do it for them."

The possibility of U.S. involvement in Iraq raises the specter of an even stranger alliance: A military partnership between the U.S. and Iran. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, speaking to the New Yorker about ISIS in Iraq, said, "If the U.S. truly wants to fight terrorism and extremism, then it's a common global cause.​"

As sectarian violence continues to rage, the human toll grows. The United Nations reports that 300,000 Iraqis have been displaced by the recent violence. (via NBC)