The hidden name is ISIL.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach LevantIslamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Levant ===>> Eastern Mediterranean counties
from Turkey to Egypt. This includes IsraelIraq (Babylon) and the Levant.
It is the re-creation of the Ancient Assyrian Empire.The Assyrian Empire is the same as the
Eastern half of the Roman Empire.These were the first terrorists,
three to five millennia ago.The Anti-Christ is called "the Assyrian"
( Isaiah, Micah, Ezekiel ) .
Not really. During the 700 years or so the Romans were dominant in the Middle East, they controlled Mesopotamia for only very brief periods.
They actually lost control of the other piece, Syria, for a longer total period of time to the Parthians, Palmyreans and Persians.
errr.. no
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was split between the Romans and the Iranis
Except the Assyrian areas are under Iraqi government control and are populated mostly by Shia. Also, I’ve seen nothing of ISIS’s claim to that area. The only maps I’ve seen of their proposed or actual state do not include Babylon and other ancient Assyrian areas.
When Assad falls Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s goal will be achieved. Funding for ISIS will stop and it will get ground up by the Syrian successor -which won’t be ISIS, the Kurds, Iraq and Jordan.