Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant

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Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant
الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام
ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām
Pairteecipant in the Sirian Ceevil War, Iraq War (2003–2011), Iraqi insurgency, Iraq War (2014–present), Seicont Libian Ceevil War, Boko Haram insurgency, War in North-Wast Pakistan, War in Afghanistan, Yemeni Ceevil War, an ither conflicts
Primar target o Operation Inherent Resolve an o the militar intervention against ISIL: in Sirie, Iraq, Libie, an Nigerie.
Active1999–present
  • Joined al-Qaeda: October 2004
  • Declaration o an Islamic state in Iraq: 13 October 2006
  • Claim o territory in the Levant: 8 Aprile 2013
  • Separatit frae al-Qaeda:[1][2] 3 February 2014,[3]
  • Declaration o caliphate: 29 Juin 2014
  • Claim o territory in: Libie, Egyp, Algerie, Saudi Arabie, Yemen: 13 November 2014
    • Afghanistan, Pakistan an parts o Indie: 29 Januar 2015[4]
    • Nigerie: 12 Mairch 2015[5][6]
    • North Caucasus: 23 Juin 2015[7]
Ideology
Leaders
HeidquartersAr-Raqqah, Sirie
(de facto caipital)
Aurie o operations
Militar situation as o November 9, 2016, in the Iraqi, Sirian, an Lebanese conflicts.
  Controlled bi the Iraqi govrenment
  Controlled bi the Sirian govrenment
  Controlled bi the Lebanese govrenment
  Controlled bi the Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant
  Controlled bi Iraqi Kurdistan forces
  Controlled bi Sirian Kurdistan forces
  Controlled bi Syrian opposeetion forces
  Controlled by al-Nusra Front
  Controlled bi Hezbollah
Note: Iraq an Sirie contain lairge desert auries wi limited populations. These auries are cairtit as unner the control o forces hauldin roads an touns within them.
Detailed cairt o the Sirian Ceevil War
SizeInside Sirie an Iraq
200,000[24] (Kurdish claim)
100,000[25] (Jihadist claim)
20,000–31,000[26] (CIA estimate)
Ootside Sirie an Iraq
32,600–57,900 (See Militar o ISIL for mair detailed estimates.)
Estimated tot
52,600–257,900
Oreeginatit asJamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād (1999)[27]

The Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant (ISIL; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام‎), forby kent as the Islamic State o Iraq an Sirie (ISIS, /ˈss/) or the Islamic State o Iraq an ash-Sham,[28] Islamic State (IS),[29] or Daesh (داعش, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈdaːʕiʃ]),[30] is a Wahhabi/Salafi jihadist extremist militant group an sel-proclaimed Islamic state an caliphate, that is led bi an feckly componed o Sunni Arabs frae Iraq an Sirie.

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