Everything You Need To Know About The Rise Of The 'Islamic State'

ISIS: Everything You Need To Know About The Rise Of The 'Islamic State' -- Nick Thompson, Richard Allen Greene and Inez Torre, CNN

The group began in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq, before rebranding as ISIS two years later. It was an ally of – and had similarities with -- Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda: both were radical anti-Western militant groups devoted to establishing an independent Islamic state in the region. But ISIS – unlike al Qaeda, which disowned the group in early 2014 – has proven to be more brutal and more effective at controlling territory it has seized.

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My Comment: An impressive summary of graphs, maps, and images of the Islamic State.