Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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
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 ...
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 ...
2024 Istanbul church shooting – Two gunmen entered the Church of Santa Maria in Istanbul during Sunday mass and shot and killed a man before leaving. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. [400] 1 1 Russia: March 22 2024 Crocus City Hall attack – ISIS-K carried out an attack at a concert hall in Moscow, killing 145. Russian ...
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.