The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is a Sunni jihadist militant group, which is influenced by the Wahhabi version of Islam.
The Islamic State of Iraq was started in the early years of the Iraq War and was composed of different insurgent groups. Its aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni majority regions of Iraq,
On Salafist jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil Warand the Al-Nusra Front, merged to become the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
On April 8, 2013, the leader of the then Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released a recorded audio message on the Internet. He announced that they had merged with the Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War to become the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, under his command.
In February 2014, after an eight-month power struggle, al-Qaeda cut all ties with ISIL It has since denounced the actions of ISIS as anti-Islamic.
On June 29, 2014, the group self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being named its caliph. It renamed itself ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah "Islamic State" (IS).
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was an offensive by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), assisted by American-led coalition airstrikes, artillery, and special forces personnel, that began on February 9, 2019 as part of the Deir ez-Zor campaign against The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It ended on March 23, 2019 when the SDF officially declared final victory over the Islamic State. By that date The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had lost all of its territory in Syria.
The leader of ISIS between 2013 and 2019, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had a Ph.D in Islamic Studies. He killed himself on October 26, 2019 during a United States military operation in Syria's northwestern Idlib Province. Al-Baghdadi had detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and three children who were with him, after being chased through a tunnel by U.S. military dogs.
ISIS used to publish an actual glossy, full-color magazine called Dabiq, complete with articles and photo spreads about their terrorist acts for propaganda and recruitment. It was replaced by an online magazine Rumiyah in September 2016, which is released in several languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Uyghur.
According to leaked ISIS data, only 5 percent of recruits had an advanced knowledge of Islam before joining the group.
ISIS members believe that they will go directly to hell if they are killed by a woman, so they are terrified of female soldiers.
ISIS militants have been known to use plastic Darth Vader masks to protect their faces from shrapnel.
The Islamic State of Iraq was started in the early years of the Iraq War and was composed of different insurgent groups. Its aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni majority regions of Iraq,
On Salafist jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil Warand the Al-Nusra Front, merged to become the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
On April 8, 2013, the leader of the then Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released a recorded audio message on the Internet. He announced that they had merged with the Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War to become the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, under his command.
In February 2014, after an eight-month power struggle, al-Qaeda cut all ties with ISIL It has since denounced the actions of ISIS as anti-Islamic.
On June 29, 2014, the group self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being named its caliph. It renamed itself ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah "Islamic State" (IS).
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| Flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS). |
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was an offensive by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), assisted by American-led coalition airstrikes, artillery, and special forces personnel, that began on February 9, 2019 as part of the Deir ez-Zor campaign against The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It ended on March 23, 2019 when the SDF officially declared final victory over the Islamic State. By that date The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had lost all of its territory in Syria.
The leader of ISIS between 2013 and 2019, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had a Ph.D in Islamic Studies. He killed himself on October 26, 2019 during a United States military operation in Syria's northwestern Idlib Province. Al-Baghdadi had detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and three children who were with him, after being chased through a tunnel by U.S. military dogs.
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| A mugshot photo of Baghdadi detained at Camp Bucca, Iraq, 2004 |
ISIS used to publish an actual glossy, full-color magazine called Dabiq, complete with articles and photo spreads about their terrorist acts for propaganda and recruitment. It was replaced by an online magazine Rumiyah in September 2016, which is released in several languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Uyghur.
According to leaked ISIS data, only 5 percent of recruits had an advanced knowledge of Islam before joining the group.
ISIS members believe that they will go directly to hell if they are killed by a woman, so they are terrified of female soldiers.
ISIS militants have been known to use plastic Darth Vader masks to protect their faces from shrapnel.
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