The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has solidified control over large portions of Iraq and Syria. Over the past month, ISIS: 1 Expelled the last Christians from Mosul.2 Killed dozens of Syrian government soldiers in an attack on an army base. 3 Stormed a border town in Lebanon.4 Battled the pesh merga — the security forces of the Kurdish region of Iraq — to take control of three more towns in northern Iraq.
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