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  1. www.history.com › topics › 21st-centuryISIS - Leaders, Beheadings & Definition | HISTORY

    IS: The shortened “IS” simply means “Islamic State.” In 2014, the militant group announced they were officially calling themselves IS because their goals for an Islamic state reached beyond...

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  2. www.nbcnews.com › storyline › smart-factsWhat is ISIS? What you need to know about Islamic State in ...

    The Islamic State, or ISIS, is a militant organization that emerged as an offshoot of al Qaeda in 2014. It quickly took control of large parts of Iraq and Syria, raising...

  3. www.britannica.com › story › is-it-isis-or-isilIs It ISIS or ISIL? | Britannica

    News outlets, and common citizens by influence, began to call the group ISIS, short for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. However, some political figures, including the president of the United States, Barack Obama, use the acronym ISIL, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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  5. theconversation.com › explainer-what-is-isis-andExplainer: what is ISIS and where did it come from?

    Formed in 2013, ISIS is a jihadi Salafist militant group. It is virulently anti-democracy and sectarian – and also a seasoned militant operation with a transnational membership, to...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Islamic_State_of_IraqIslamic State of Iraq - Wikipedia

    The Islamic State of Iraq ( ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency. The organization aimed to overthrow the Iraqi federal government and establish an Islamic state governed by Sharia law in Iraq .

  7. www.rand.org › topics › the-islamic-state-terroristThe Islamic State (Terrorist Organization) | RAND

    ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also known as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), is a Sunni jihadist group with a particularly violent ideology that calls itself a caliphate and claims religious authority over all Muslims.

  8. www.cnn.com › 2015/01/14 › worldISIS: Everything you need to know about the group | CNN

    ISIS: Picking up where al Qaeda left off. See More Videos. CNN — ISIS is arguably the most successful militant group ever, seizing huge chunks of Iraq and Syria,...