How ISIS Works
The New York Times
By: Gregor Aisch, Joe Burgess, Alicia Parlapiano, Sergio Peçanha, Archie Tse and Karen Yourish
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The jihadist group has oil revenues, arms and organization, controls vast stretches of Syria and Iraq and aspires to statehood. …
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Military
The Central Intelligence Agency believes that ISIS has between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters in Iraq and Syria and estimates that 15,000 of the jihadists are foreign recruits.
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The origins of ISIS’s foreign recruits
The largest blocs of foreign fighters come from nearby Muslim countries, like Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. Smaller contingents come from countries as far away and disparate as Belgium, China, Russia and the United States…
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