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Their supporters. >> there's no nationality. we are muslims. today they announce they would remove the words iraq and syria from their name declaring a new islamic state in the middle east. >> the leader of the group has declared himself the head of the newly proclaimed islamic state. >> there is a statement from the stated leader of isis. he urges muslims to join the new islamic state. syria, he says is not for syrians, iraq not for iraqis. the land is for all muslims. >> reporter: and the group is making head way in the goal of erasing border between syria and iraq drawn during world war i. ...

To justify murder, torture and looting. what they're doing is alien to syria and to islam. >> it was fascinating to me. these are self-proclaimed jihadys who view fighting as monstrous. as barbaric. >> i of course, i recently spoke to a young man who i wish could be here instead of me. i asked him what would you tell america about isis? he says tell them syrians feel like strangers in their own country. isis are foreigners. we feel suffocated by their rules. isis views syrians as corrupt. >> it is a town they have taken over and are essentially governing right now. >> exactly, where they recen...

Assad has banned the unhcr having anything to do with opposition areas. the best work is done by syrian groups that are risking their lives with no protection. the other group helping out is the turkish government and also the governments of saudi arabia and qatar. very troublingly. i say this is troubling because these governments are funding fundamentalist fighters and yet also making very, very visible shows of aid. >> the syrians that you talk to who are not fighting isis is there an awareness of isis and who they are? generally among folks in the camp there? >> absolutely. many of these p...

>> there's no nationality. we are muslims. today they announce they would remove the words iraq and syria from their name declaring a new islamic state in the middle east. >> the leader of the group has declared himself the head of the newly proclaimed islamic state. >> there is a statement from the stated leader of isis. he urges muslims to join the new islamic state. syria, he says is not for syrians, iraq not for iraqis. the land is for all muslims. >> reporter: and the group is making head way in the goal of erasing border between syria and iraq drawn during world war i. >> a new video sho...

Their supporters. >> we above all others -- there's no nationality. we are muslims. only one country. this claims to show them crossing the border in iraq. today they announce they would remove the words iraq and syria from their name declaring a new islamic state in the middle east. >> the leader of the group has declared himself the head of the newly proclaimed islamic state. >> courtesy of social media, there's now a statement of the elusive leader of isis. [ speaking foreign language ] he urges muslims to join the new islamic state. syria, he says is not for syrians, iraq not for iraqis. t...