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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 its...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the Emir of ISI after the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. On 7 April 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi re-designated ISI as the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL), officially announcing the group's expansion into Syria and its intention to absorb the Al-Nusra Front.
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.
Jan 14, 2015 · CNN explains. Where did ISIS come from? The group began in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq, before rebranding as ISIS two years later. It was an ally of – and had similarities with – Osama bin...
Dec 2, 2015 · 2 December 2015. AP. The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become notorious...
Mar 23, 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) militants. But...
Nov 30, 2018 · November 30, 2018. Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET on January 7, 2019. Most historians of the Islamic State agree that the group emerged out of al-Qaeda in Iraq as a response to the U.S. invasion in...
Feb 3, 2022 · Mohamed Aldaher, via Reuters. President Biden said on Thursday that the leader of the Islamic State died during a raid by U.S. Special Operations commandos in a risky pre-dawn attack in northwest...
Sep 25, 2014 · The rise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamist militant group that has seized a chunk of land stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq, has struck fear into the hearts...
