What is the mission of ISIS?

Answer 1

At this time, the goal of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is to overthrow governments that are influenced by foreign nations.

ISIS is a Sunni militant group that branched off of several other radical militant groups in the area, which happen to include Al Qaeda.

• ISIS is involved in Syria because Assad is a leader who does not associate with the Sunni community, and he is influenced by Russia.

• ISIS is involved in Iraq because the Iraqi government is influenced by the United States (and NATO) and, also, does not associate with the Sunni community.

• ISIS is fighting Iran because Iran is run by a Shi'ite government.

They are involved in many other countries as well, but not nearly as much as Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Iran.

Answer 2

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), known as ad-Dawla al-Eslamiyya al-3iraaq w'ash-Shaam or the acronym Daa3esh in Arabic, is an extremist Sunni Islamist organization which used to have links to al-Qaeda before al-Qaeda condemned them for their barbarity. They are fighting to bring the Sunni majority into power, especially in Sunni majority regions of both Syria and Iraq, and impose a more fundamentalist view on politics. They consider themselves to be fighting the injustices and violence of the current Assad regime and the inequalities of the US-supported Government of Iraq.