Formerly a policeman, "Hisham" joins the Islamic State to further the political aims of Iraqi Sunnis. After his brother, also an ISIS fighter, is killed, "Hisham" decides to defect back home to Baghdad. He becomes a private security contractor and protects Iraqi government officials from ISIS and other terrorists.
A tailor leaves a Palestinian refugee camp, joins the Islamic State, and makes fake Syrian Army uniforms to help ISIS agents infiltrate into Syrian cities. Disillusioned by the religious hypocrisy he sees, Khalid takes advantage of Syria's reconciliation program and moves to Damascus, where he starts a thriving tailoring shop.