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When the group changed its name to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and expanded into Syria in April 2013, it claimed nine Syrian provinces, covering most of the country and lying largely along existing provincial boundaries: Al Barakah (al-Hasakah Governorate), Al Khayr (Deir ez-Zor Governorate), Raqqa, Homs, Halab, Idlib, Hamah, Damascus ...
This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004 to 2006. [1]
The literal translation of its previous name resulted in confusion, resulting in both ISIS and ISIL, two acronyms based on different literal translations of the name into English. Apart from these, an Arabic-derived acronym, "Daesh", (Dāʿish), is the common name for the group in the Muslim world. [1]
ISIS Foreign Recruits Around the World ... suggests more than 2,000 recruits have come from Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. But western countries have spawned a fair share as well, with an estimated ...
Name (Birth–Death) Time of Leadership Note(s) Announced Left office Time in office 1 Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ (1959–2010) 15 October 2006 18 April 2010 3 years, 185 days
A user going by the name of 'Abu Marya al-Iraqi' posted an Arabic-language message calling 'for bloody celebrations in the Christian New Year.' ISIS lists US churches to attack during the holidays ...
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Mauritania was declared an independent state as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on November 28, 1960. [ 26 ]
Another shooting linked to ISIS occurred in December 2015, when Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple, targeted a Department of Public Health Christmas party and training event.