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By Peter Bergen, Nov 05, 2015 CNN
ISIS controls territory in Syria and Iraq that by some estimates is the size of the United Kingdom, and it lords over millions of people in both countries.
The group has also secured pledges of allegiance from two dozen militant organizations from around the Muslim world, including in the Sinai and Egypt's neighbor Libya, while around 10 other groups have declared some form of solidarity with ISIS.
The key to ISIS' success is not the group's military strength -- ISIS in Syria and Iraq may number only about 20,000 to 30,000 fighters -- but the weaknesses of the regimes where the group is doing well.
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