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2 days ago · The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.
5 days ago · The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization.
2 days ago · This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.
May 21, 2024 · Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) or Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) Date: 2002 - present. Areas Of Involvement: sharia. terrorism. Recent News. May 21, 2024, 7:20 AM ET (AP) Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, are rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria. May 6, 2024, 4:02 PM ET (AP)
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May 7, 2024 · A family of 10 American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of Islamic State militants are now back in the United States, the result...
6 days ago · Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, Father of Musab, from Zarqa; English pronunciation ⓘ; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ ...
