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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 ...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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
Contains many features across the full range of issues pertaining to international terrorism: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on ...
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 ...
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The latest news and comment on the Islamic State militant group.
The SADC mission shows how difficult it is to run a large-scale military intervention, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and ...
First appearing under the name ISIL in April 2013, the group launched an offensive in early 2014 that drove Iraqi government forces out of key western cities, ...
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 ...