Congressional Research Service Issues In Focus White Paper on Islamic State - Background, Current Status & U.S. Policy
May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10328) on May 6, 2024, by Middle Eastern affairs specialist Clayton Thomas and Research Assistant Abigail G. Martin:
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The Islamic State: Background, Current Status, and U.S. Policy
The Islamic State (IS) is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group. At its 2015 height, the group controlled large areas of Iraq and Syria from which . . .
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The Islamic State: Background, Current Status, and U.S. Policy
The Islamic State (IS) is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group. At its 2015 height, the group controlled large areas of Iraq and Syria from which . . .