Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant | |
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الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام 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
ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām Primar target o Operation Inherent Resolve an o the militar intervention against ISIL: in Sirie, Iraq, Libie, an Nigerie. | |
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Active | 1999–present
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Heidquarters | Ar-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. |
Size | Inside 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 as | Jamāʻat 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, /ˈaɪsᵻs/) 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.