In severe cases, paralysis may result. When a person becomes infected with poliovirus, the virus begins to multiply within the cells that line the back of the throat, nose, and intestines. Symptoms of polio usually appear 7 to 14 days after a person becomes infected with the poliovirus.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis). The original name for the group in Arabic was Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. The first three words translate to the Islamic State of Iraq while âal-Shamâ refers to Syria and the wider surrounding area.he Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). The undefined region around Syria is historically referred to as the Levant (an archaic French phrase for the âlands of the rising sunâ), including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.
1 Who They Are: ISIS stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 2  The group is trying to form an independent state with territory in Iraq, Syria, and parts of Lebanon.he militant Islamic group known as ISIS has taken control of the Iraqi cities of Mosul of Tikrit this week, moving closer to its goal of creating a unified Islamic state that straddles the Iraq and Syrian border.