This article, by Ahmed Hashim, shows the trajectory the group we know today as IS had from an al-Qaeda affiliate, to a separatist group labelled the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), until in June 2014 it officially declared itself the Islamic State (IS).
Foreign Fighters
This website is a searchable online resource for articles and reporting on foreign fighters in the Syrian/Iraqi conflict. Its aim is to bring together significant research and writing on this new phenomenon, and make them easily accessible to researchers, students, and policymakers. The project is run by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) (www.icsr.info).
Foreign Fighters 