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Apr 18, 2018 · 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 its black flag in victory ...
- Rachel Elbaum
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 ...
Jun 13, 2014 · 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 which ...
- Peter Shirlow
Jul 10, 2017 · ISIS is a powerful terrorist militant group that has seized control of large areas of the Middle East. Infamous for its brutal violence and murderous assaults on civilians, this self-described ...
Dec 2, 2015 · Islamic State (IS) is a radical Sunni Islamist militant group that has seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and western Iraq.
Dec 2, 2015 · The root of the Isil-Isis inconsistency lies in the Arabic word "al-Sham". At first, news outlets were unsure how to translate it into English, as it was not immediately clear what the group was ...
Nov 20, 2018 · ISIS then attempted to set up a kind of hyper-violent, extremist state in eastern Syria and northern Iraq — believing, in their minds, that they might bring on the apocalypse.
