ISIS maintains a well structured government able to financially support itself, mainly through oil. As ISIS took control of Syria, it also took control over its key oil assets, and gained control of about 60 percent of Syria’s oil production capacity. It then smuggles the oil out at below market price to Jordan and Turkey, making anywhere between $1 and $3 million per day. They also loot banks of the towns they capture, selling antiquities on the black market. Because of this, ISIS clearly meets the criteria for effective
ISIS maintains a well structured government able to financially support itself, mainly through oil. As ISIS took control of Syria, it also took control over its key oil assets, and gained control of about 60 percent of Syria’s oil production capacity. It then smuggles the oil out at below market price to Jordan and Turkey, making anywhere between $1 and $3 million per day. They also loot banks of the towns they capture, selling antiquities on the black market. Because of this, ISIS clearly meets the criteria for effective