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The Australian government, under Prime Minister Tony Abbott, adopted Daesh in January 2015. [9] [11] The United States government designated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the group's primary name, believing "Levant" to be the more accurate translation. [1] [15] [16] It also listed the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS ...
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province [a] ( ISIS–K, IS–K, IS–KP) is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in South-Central Asia, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan. ISIS–K seeks to destabilize and replace current governments within historic Khorasan region with the goal of establishing a caliphate ...
- 26 January 2015–present
- Achin District, Afghanistan (de facto, originally)
- 4,000–6,000 (UN report)
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ), or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ), [86] or Islamic State, ( IS) [87] [88] is a extremist jihadist militant group. In Arabic it is often called the phrase "Daesh" but it is disliked by the group which causes enemies of the group to use the phrase. [89] [90] It operates in Libya, [91 ...
Dec 2, 2015 · The word is nonsensical and doesn’t mean anything in Arabic but has a mocking tone and is insulting to IS because it diminishes its claim to have revived the Islamic caliphate. It is also close to the words “dahesh” and “da’es,” meaning “one who tramples,” making it fodder for puns. The IS group’s opponents, including public ...
Since then, the group has operated under numerous guises until its current leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared it the Islamic State in Iraq (Isi) in 2006, adding the "and al-Sham" to make "Isis ...
Dec 2, 2015 · Dawaesh, a plural form of the word that sounds even sillier in Arabic, is widely used in the Middle East. IS itself bans the use of the term Daesh in areas it controls. But Arabic speakers have ...
