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The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is to be dissolved, while Islamic State in Iraq is to continue its work. Jabhat Al-Nusra is an independent entity for Qaedat Al-Jihad group, under the (al-Qaeda) general command. The seat of the Islamic State in Iraq is in 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.
Also known as Isis or Daesh in Arabic, the group took over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq, imposing its severe version of Shariah (Islamic law), meting out cruel punishments and murders, then ...
Dec 2, 2015 · Islamic State has become one of the most formidable jihadist groups in the world. IS fighters have access to, and are capable of using, a wide variety of small arms and heavy weapons, including...
Jan 14, 2015 · ISIS is arguably the most successful militant group ever, seizing huge chunks of Iraq and Syria, declaring itself a state and governing territory.
May 31, 2022 · 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.
Aug 4, 2023 · But the group has never gone away, and even though it doesn't make headlines, we know that ISIS still active in the Middle East and Africa and Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Jul 3, 2024 · The Biden administration is weighing expanding cooperation with the Taliban to fight elusive ISIS-K militants, who pose a growing global terrorist threat.
Aug 8, 2014 · ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond. The group implements Sharia Law, rooted in eighth-century Islam, to establish a society that mirrors the ...
ISIS is a Salafi-jihadist group that has conducted and inspired terrorist attacks worldwide, resulting in thousands killed or injured. In 2004, an Iraqi extremist network led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi merged with al-Qa‘ida to form ISIS’s predecessor group, al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI), which Zarqawi led until his death in 2006.
