“The roots of ISIS can be traced in part to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), founded by Jordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”
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“The acronym ISIS stands for ‘the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (al-Sham).”
“The acronym ISIS stands for ‘the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (al-Sham).”