"The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is no longer a state in name only. It is a physical, if extra-legal, reality on the ground.  Unacknowledged by the world community, ISIS has carved a de facto state in the borderlands of Syria and Iraq."STATE OF JIHAD: THE REALITY OF THE ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA "The militants have already asserted a de facto Islamic state in those areas, establishing their own courts, schools and services.".Militants making headway in Iraq and Syria declare creation of formal Islamic state  []