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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.
- History of the Islamic State
The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to...
- War against the Islamic State
These efforts are called the war against the Islamic State,...
- Ideology of the Islamic State
The ideology of the Islamic State, sometimes called Islamic...
- Territory of the Islamic State
At first, ISS did not receive official recognition by the...
- History of the Islamic State
The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to three main organizations. Earliest of these was the " Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād " ( transl. "The Organisation of Monotheism and Jihad" ) organization, founded by the Jihadist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999.
These efforts are called the war against the Islamic State, or the war against ISIS. In later years, there were also minor interventions by some states against IS-affiliated groups in Nigeria and Libya. All these efforts significantly degraded the Islamic State's capabilities by around 2019–2020.
- 13 June 2014 – present, (9 years, 4 months and 2 days)
The ideology of the Islamic State, sometimes called Islamic Statism, has been described as being a hybrid of Salafism, Salafi jihadism, Sunni Islamist fundamentalism, Wahhabism, and Qutbism.
- Fighting
- Worldwide Caliphate
- Film
At the height of the Iraq War, ISIL was in the Iraqi provinces of Al Anbar, Ninawa, Kirkuk, most of Salah ad Din, parts of Babil, Diyala and Baghdad. It claimed Baqubah as its capital. In the ongoing Syrian Civil War, the group has a large presence in the Syrian governorates of Ar-Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo. The group has attacked government and milit...
In June 2014, it announced a worldwide caliphate. In 2014, ISIL successfully fought in a large-scale offensive in Iraq. After this offensive, ISIL is reported to have seized control of most of Mosul, the second biggest city in Iraq, its surrounding Nineveh province, and the city of Fallujah. In the spring of 2015 ISIL fought for control of Tikrit, ...
The 2014 film The Blue Man, which is related to The New York Times article titled "Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves" written by John F. Burns, also mentions mass killings of ShiaMuslims by the Islamic State between 2003 to 2006.
At first, ISS did not receive official recognition by the Islamic State, [120] however, this was subsequently granted by December 2017. [121] As of 2022, the group serves as an intermediary for IS provinces in Africa and the leadership based in Syria and Iraq. It also finances ISKP via Yemen.
Mar 20, 2019 · March 20, 2019. When the Islamic State raised its black flag over the Syrian city of Raqqa in early 2014, it began its transformation from fringe regional player to fearsome global threat. By...
