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Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), transnational insurgent group based in western Iraq and eastern Syria. Originally an affiliate of al-Qaeda, ISIL declared the establishment of a caliphate amid significant territorial gains in 2014.
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- Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War and transformed into the active terrorist organization known for carrying out the September 11 attacks of 2001.
The following is a list of major terrorist attacks and arrests that have been connected to or have been claimed in reliable sources to be inspired by the Islamic State (IS), also known by other names.
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Expansion, Terror, Insurgency: By late 2014, cells of militants claiming to be affiliates or direct extensions of ISIL had emerged in a number of conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Top ISIS commanders in Iraq killed in raid that left 7 Americans injured. The terror group's overall commander in Iraq was killed, as well as several high ranking members based out of the Anbar...
Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month's U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group's top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward, the U.S. military said Friday.
The suspects, a 19-year-old who was known to security services and a 17-year-old, are Austrian citizens believed to have been radicalised by extremist Islamist propaganda from Islamic State (IS)...
