Report: ISIL expanded on Al Qaida’s appeal, attracting fighters and adherents from 50 nations

Report: ISIL expanded on Al Qaida’s appeal, attracting fighters and adherents from 50 nations

by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2016 From the time of its founding by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) presented itself to potential jihadists as a more appealing version of Al Qaida. In a new report, the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, examined actual personnel […]