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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 .
- Map of the Islamic State of Iraq and its provinces on 7th of April, 2007
- Al-Qaeda
- 15 October 2006 – 8 April 2013
Military of ISIS; Strength Iraq: 530,000 personnel (including paramilitary forces) Islamic State: 5,000–7,000 (per UN, 2023, in Iraq and Syria) 400–500 (per Iraq, 2023) Casualties and losses; Unknown 8 killed, 2 HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters crashed: 6,266 killed (as of December 2023) (Iraqi government claim)
- 9 December 2017 – present, (5 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
- Iraq
Jul 10, 2017 · The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—also know as ISIS or ISIL—is a jihadist militant group and terrorist organization that formed in 1999.
Apr 18, 2018 · By Rachel Elbaum. 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...
- Rachel Elbaum
Mar 23, 2019 · In 2011, the group - by then known as Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) - joined the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, where it found a safe haven. It also took advantage of...
The most famous, powerful and aggressive modern pan-Islamic group that pursues the objective of unifying the Muslim world and establishing a worldwide caliphate is the Wahhabi/Salafi jihadist movement Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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Oct 27, 2019 · Published 11:41 AM PDT, October 27, 2019. BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group erupted from the chaos of conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and it swiftly did what no other militant organization had done before: conquer a giant stretch of territory and declare itself a “caliphate.”
