ISIS’s Road to Baghdad
Following a string of military victories, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is approaching Baghdad.
- By Elias GrollElias Groll is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, he received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he was the managing editor of The Harvard Crimson.
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ISIS’s Road to Baghdad
Following a string of military victories, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is approaching the Iraqi capital.
- BY Elias Groll
- JUNE 19, 2014 – 02:00 PM
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