The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym ...
The Islamic State, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and a former unrecognised quasi-state. Wikipedia
Leaders: Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi and Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Deputy leader in Iraq)
Founded: April 2013
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At its height, the Islamic State - also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh - held about a third of Syria and 40 percent of Iraq. By December 2017 it had lost 95 ...
Mar 15, 2015 · The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a ...
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19 hours ago · Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that it was "extremely hard to believe" that Islamic State would have ...
The Islamic State (IS) – also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – is a Salafi-Jihadist ...