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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 .
Jul 10, 2017 · ISIS is a powerful terrorist militant group that has seized control of large areas of the Middle East.
May 31, 2022 · RAND National Security Research Division. 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.
An Islamic state has a form of government based on sharia law. As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. [1] As a translation of the Arabic term dawlah islāmiyyah ( Arabic: دولة إسلامية) it refers to a modern notion associated with political Islam ( Islamism ).
2 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 ...
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, despite...
In 2014, ISIL proclaimed itself a worldwide caliphate and changed its name to the Islamic State which in a year grew to control territory with a population of millions. On 27 October 2019, the Islamic State's "caliph" killed himself to avoid capture. [2]
Mar 23, 2019 · 23 March 2019. Reuters. A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters has announced that the United States and its partners have reclaimed the last territory in Syria controlled by Islamic State (IS)...
Feb 3, 2022 · ISIS Leader Killed U.S. Evacuated 10 Civilians During Raid, Pentagon Says. Published Feb. 3, 2022 Updated Feb. 4, 2022. Share full article. Read the latest about the U.S. raid in Syria targeting...
Jan 25, 2022 · Jan. 25, 2022. BAGHDAD, Iraq — An audacious attack on a prison housing thousands of former ISIS fighters in Syria. A series of strikes against military forces in neighboring Iraq. And a horrific...
