ISIS Is Proving To The World That It Can Govern Effectively

To those entering Raqqa Province, home to about a million people, ISIS makes clear, immediately, who is in charge. Credit Reuters

Life In A Jihadist Capital: Order With A Darker Side -- New York Times

In a Syrian City, ISIS Puts Its Vision Into Practice.

RAQQA, Syria — When his factory was bombed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the businessman considered two bleak options: remain at home and risk dying in the next airstrike, or flee like hundreds of thousands of others to a refugee camp in Turkey.

Instead, he took his remaining cash east and moved to a neighboring city, Raqqa, the de facto capital of the world’s fastest growing jihadist force. There he found a degree of order and security absent in other parts of Syria.

“The fighting in Syria will continue, so we have to live our lives,” said the businessman, who gave only a first name, Qadri, as he oversaw a dozen workers in his new children’s clothing factory in Raqqa.

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My Comment: Another worrisome development from ISIS is the following .... ISIL Is Now a ‘Full Blown Army’ in Iraq -- Ben Watson, Defense One