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4 days ago · Isis has drastically expanded its web of affiliates, and Isis-K is increasing its overseas attacks: this year it has also been linked with bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, an...
3 days ago · Islamic State's predecessor organization, Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was established in October 2006, after the dissolution of the insurgent groups fighting under the coalition of Mujahideen Shura Council.
3 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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3 days ago · Large numbers of originally civilian drones are used by ISIL, often heavily adapted to be used for bomb attacks, spy missions, propaganda, etc. These drones are mostly controlled by the Al Bara’ bin Malik Brigade, part of the aviation sector of the Islamic State’s Committee for Military Manufacturing and Development.
Jun 11, 2024 · CNN was granted rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and their family members in northeast Syria.
3 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 · They took on the name Islamic State–Khorasan Province (ISKP; also called ISIS-K), a moniker that referred in irredentist fashion to the historical region of Khorāsān in early Islamic history, and initially received guidance and support from ISIL during the latter’s peak.
