Maybe IS just saw your imgur link and decided to stop fucking around and go on a crusade?
(Also, what is that game? It looks like Risk but betterer. And why do you always reappear on here posting about interesting looking time sinks when I have deadlines/exams/stuff/etc.? Cunt.)
It's Crusader Kings II and it's pretty great. It's like hyper-complex Risk. Crossed with Football Manager. Only you manage your mediaeval dynasty instead of footballs. I'd say it's The Sims meets Risk meets Football Manager meets Game of Thrones.
Isis is the former Iraqi army command of Saddam Hussein. Think about that.
And the Turks have shot down a Russian yet, things could get very interesting.
Erdogan has of a lot of leverage over the EU and by extension, NATO because of the refugee crisis. Yeah this will be interesting.