Why Do Young People Join ISIS in Syria?

by Ansel HerzForeign envoys held peace talks on Syria in Vienna this week. ART production / Shutterstock.com
The Intercept:The primary factors driving Syrian youths toward extremist groups are deprivation and personal trauma stemming from five years of civil war in the country, according to a report from International Alert, a British organization. Titled “Why Young Syrians Choose to Fight,” the report is based on interviews with 311 Syrians living in northern Syria, Lebanon, and Tur