article_snippet: ISIS influence has spread cross the Middle East and north Africa, with groups of terrorists in Libya and Egypt as well as the terror network's strongholds of Iraq and Syria .
article_snippet: Boko Haram, now under the ISIS umbrella, control swathes of Nigeria (pictured) and have committed atrocities in much of the north of Libya .
article_snippet: This month Boko Haram released a highly-edited video appearing to show Boko Haram beheading two men in a similar fashion to the sickening footage released by ISIS.
article_snippet: Rita Katz, from terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group, said: 'Boko Haram is now being elevated from a local jihadi group to an important arm of the Islamic State.
article_snippet: With Boko Haram wide network in north Africa, the Islamic State's projection of creating an Islamic Caliphate is gaining headway. '
article_snippet: Furthermore, Islamic State's infrastructure, resources and military capabilities will enable Boko Haram to expand Boko Haram operations and control even faster in north Africa.'
article_snippet: The move now means ISIS controls parts of Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Libya - where the terrorists paraded police cars sporting black flags through the streets of Benghazi last month .
article_snippet: Maiduguri is the  birthplace of Boko Haram, which has long coveted the Iraqi city of Hawija as a capital for the state the Iraqi city of Hawija wants to create.
article_snippet: Boko Haram militants tried to seize Maiduguri at the end of January and again in early February.
article_snippet: Boko Haram overran a territory the size of Belgium last year, which Nigeria's ill-equipped army has struggled to take back.
article_snippet: Boko Haram gained worldwide notoriety in April when Boko Haram members kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls.
highlights_snippet: Nigerian militant group Boko Haram now control parts of Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Nigeria .
  