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The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Pt 2

Robert DiBlasio0
The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Part 2- Foreign Interventions, Kurdish Militias and the Fall of the Caliphate The Islamic State reached it's territorial peak in the fall of 2014, ISIS controlled 41,000 square miles in Iraq and by the end of 2014 ISIS had taken over a third of Syria (according to wilsoncenter.org). The speed at which the outlaw organization was able to conquer such a large
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The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Pt 1

Robert DiBlasio0
The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Part 1- Arab Spring and Rise of ISIS The Syrian Civil War is a decade old, March 15, 2011 (Brittanica.com) is the official date of the beginning of the most catastrophic conflict I've witnessed in my lifetime. The refugees, civilian casualties and amount of bombs dropped by the Assad Syrian government and numerous foreign nations is nearly impossible to put numbers on.
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Who Is Funding ISIS ? As It Turns Out, We All Are

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It has been reported recently that ISIS is making around $3m a day with their sales of plundered oil on the black market. Putin has commented that the photos of the collection convoy taken from his Russian spy planes at altitude over Turkey show the length of the convoy disappearing over the horizon, such is the demand for cheap oil. It is estimated around 40 countries are involved in the
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