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4 days ago · Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), transnational Sunni insurgent group operating primarily in western Iraq and eastern Syria. 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, while in Syria it fought both government forces and ...
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1 day ago · A senior ISIS official was killed in a US airstrike on Sunday in Syria, the US military said Wednesday in a post on X. “On June 16, US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing ...
4 days ago · Expansion and declaration of a caliphate. in Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Also known as: Dāʿish, Daesh, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyyah fī al-ʿIrāq wa al-Shām. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
3 days ago · Killings show ISIS remains a threat in Syria's desert 5 years after losing its caliphate. The Islamic State group killed nearly 130 Syrians in March, the deadliest month in its desert campaign in ...
Jun 11, 2024 · CNN was granted rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and their family members in northeast Syria.
6 days ago · CNN — The recent arrest of eight Tajik nationals believed to have connections to ISIS has heightened concerns among national security officials that a dangerous affiliate of the now-splintered...
Jun 9, 2024 · June 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the fall of Mosul to ISIS. The crisis saw more than half a million people displaced in a matter of weeks, as well as genocidal violence against Iraq’s Yazidi minority and others captured by the group – including about 1,700 Shiite air force cadets massacred at Camp Speicher.
