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Policy congressional research service summary the islamic state is, aka the islamic state of iraq and the levant, isilisis, or the arabic acronym daesh is a transnational sunni islamist insurgent and terrorist group that controlled large areas of iraq and syria from 2014 through 2017. From its arrival due to the syrian civil war and its cancerous spread into postwar iraq, this extremistterrorist sunni islamic wahhabi nationfundamentalist organisation, has been indefatigable. Isis came to dominate the sunni opposition to the governments in. Patrick cockburn is a foreign correspondent for the independent, named foreign commentator of the year in the 20 editorial intelligence comment awards. It only found prominence when they approached irbil, the. He also did graduate work at the institute of irish studies, queens university belfast and has written about the effects of the. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. Little is known of his early life, but when he received his m. Patrick cockburn is an awardwinning independent columnist who specialises in analysis of iraq, syria and wars in the middle east. How isis stunned the world and marched across the middle east world. He has written three books on iraqs recent history, including the occupation and saddam hussein an american obsession with andrew cockburn as well as a memoir, the broken boy and, with his son, a book on schizophrenia, henrys demons, which was shortlisted for a costa. Patrick cockburn is a middle east correspondent for the independent.