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WhatisISIS?
HowISIShasaffectedtheworld
ISIS,locatedinIraqandSyria,isabrutal
JordanandLebanon
arefinanciallystruggling
terroristorganizationandmilitantgroupwhose
duetotheinfluxofSyrianRefugeesthathaveleft
maingoalistostartacaliphate,oranislamic
SyriaduetotheSyrianCivilWarandISIS.They
stateruledbyacaliph,byobtainingland.They
cantkeepupeconomicallywiththegreat
areleadbySunniMuslimswhoarethe
populationincrease.
majorityoutofthethreemainIslamicsects.
ISISisahugethreattotheworldwhichiswhy
Iraq
isoneoftheworldsleadingproducerofOil.
manycountriesareworkingtogethertodefeatthe
However,ISIShasstrainedgovernmentfundsand
brutalterroristgroup.
forcedthecountrytospendmoneyontheir
military,soitwillbuildupstrengthtofightISIS.
Becauseofthis,lessmoneywillgotowardsOil
thus,decreasingOilproduction.
Indonesia
hasgainedaloyalISISfollowingsince
themajorityoftheregionisMuslim.
MapoflandISIShasclaimedinIraqandSyria
Turkey
ManyIraqiandSyrianrefugeeshavefled
HowDidISISBegin?
theirhomenationandescapedtomany
Thegrouporiginatedfromanotherterrorist
middleeasterncountries.Turkeyhasreceiveda
organizationknownasAlqaeda.ISISbranched
greatinfluxofrefugees.Recently,over200,000
offintoitsownterroristgroupin2006and
refugeesescapedfromKobani,acityisSyria,to
remainedloyalallieswithitspredecessor.ISISis
TurkeyaftertheISISinvasion.AsofNovember
muchmorebrutalandskilledatcontrollingland
2015,Turkeyhasover2.2millionrefugeesfrom
thanAlqaueda.
Syria.
WhatISISbelieves
ISISloathesanyonewhoisaninfidelsincethe
grouphasastrictinterpretationoftheQituran.
Theyhaveharshlawsandwhoeverdoesnot
followtheselawsaresubjecttobeingexecutedor
SyrianRefugeesinTurkey
severelypunished.Isisspunishmentshavebeen
knowntobeferocious.Forexample,ISISisusing
Australia
TheAustraliangovernmenthad
chemicalweaponssuchasmustardgasonSyrian
implementedanewlawthatwouldmakeita
rebelsdespiteitbeingagainsttheGeneva
criminaloffensetotraveltoplaceswhere
Protocol.Mustardgasisaliquidsubstancethat
terrorismwasactivesuspect.ThisisdueanISIS
accordingtotheBBC
causesseveredamageto
suspectthatwasarrested.
theskin,eyesandrespiratorysystemandinternal
organs.