Report: Islamic State Exploited Local Grievances to Recruit

It is one of the more vexing problems facing intelligence agencies across much of the world – trying to understand the phenomenon that has caused tens of thousands of people to leave their homes and take up arms for the Islamic State terror group. But a new analysis of the terror group’s own entry records suggests while those flocking to the self-declared caliphate come from diverse regions and from a variety of socio-economic background, many share a deep-seated resentment of where they...

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