ISIS: Remaining and Expanding

[Lauren Johnson]

Isis captured the city Falluja, 40 miles west of Baghdad, in January and currently controls large swathes of northern Iraq.
The Iraqi government has launched a number of failed assaults on the city leaving hopes of retaking Mosul slim.
An Iraqi army officer told the Independent: "We can't beat them."

Somebody has spent a lot of money and time training and equipping these people.