article_snippet.sent: The Syrian jihad gave rise to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which now uses Syria as a rear operating base to support Syria jihad in Iraq, which could soon spill over into Jordan.
article_snippet.sent: Plus, Libya is now being used as a rear operating base by ISIS and other global jihadist elements striving to redraw the map of the Middle East, even as The Syrian jihad plan attacks in Europe and North America.
article_snippet.sent: According to data compiled by terrorism expert Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation, from 2010 through 2013, the number of Salafi jihadist groups increased by 58%.
article_snippet.sent: Salafi jihadist groups are fueled by Salafiyya Jihadiyya, an ideology that not only informs the agenda of al Qaeda, but is the source code for the agenda of the al Qaeda offshoot ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: ISIS controls a large amount of territory in the Middle East, and the group is rapidly growing ISIS ranks in places such as Libya and Afghanistan, while at the same time inspiring and plotting attacks in the West.