The Wars In Iraq And Syria Have Merged Into A Single Conflict

The Wars In Iraq And Syria Have Merged Into A Single Conflict | Business Insider
“The conflict is one and the same as far as they’re

concerned,” Shiraz Maher, a senior research fellow at the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalisation told Business Insider of ISIS’s view of Syria and Iraq. “It’s about restoring Sunni dominance after what they regard as Shi’ite oppression, and resorting power to what they would regard as rightful Islam.”
ISIS is now building its presence in Iraq and Syria in a way that links their spheres of control in both countries. Maher told Business Insider that ISIS has consolidated itself in towns around the border. “They’re strategic,” he said. “They have always maintained a bridge to Iraq.”