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|headquarters = Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria
|headquarters = Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria
|commanders = [[Abu Omar al-Baghdadi]] (2006 - † 2010)<br>
|commanders = [[Abu Omar al-Baghdadi]] (2006 - † 2010)<br>
[[Abu Bakr al-Baghadi]] (2013 - † 2019)<br>[[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] (2019 - present)
[[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] (2013 - † 2019)<br>[[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] (2019 - present)
|agents = [[Abu Omar al-Shishani]]<br>[[Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi]]<br>[[Abu Ahmad al-Alwani]]<br>[[Gulmurod Khalimov]]<br>[[Jihadi John]]<br>[[Haji Bakr]]<br>[[Abu Muslim al-Turkmani]]<br>[[Abu Ali al-Anbari]]<br>[[Abdul Rauf Aliza]]<br>[[Abdullah Qardash]]<br>[[Abu Suleiman al-Naser]]<br>[[Ahmad Abousamra]]<br>[[Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti]]<br>[[Amal el-Wahabi]]<br>[[Anjem Choudary]]<br>[[Mohammed Rahman]]<br>[[Khalid Masood]]<br>[[Aine Davis]]<br>[[Salman Abedi]]<br>[[Khuram Butt]]<br>[[Rachid Redouane]]<br>[[Youssef Zaghba]]<br>[[Ahmed Hassan]]<br>[[Anouar Haddouchi]]<br>[[Khalid Kelly]]
|agents = [[Abu Omar al-Shishani]]<br>[[Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi]]<br>[[Abu Ahmad al-Alwani]]<br>[[Gulmurod Khalimov]]<br>[[Jihadi John]]<br>[[Haji Bakr]]<br>[[Abu Muslim al-Turkmani]]<br>[[Abu Ali al-Anbari]]<br>[[Abdul Rauf Aliza]]<br>[[Abdullah Qardash]]<br>[[Abu Suleiman al-Naser]]<br>[[Ahmad Abousamra]]<br>[[Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti]]<br>[[Amal el-Wahabi]]<br>[[Anjem Choudary]]<br>[[Mohammed Rahman]]<br>[[Khalid Masood]]<br>[[Aine Davis]]<br>[[Salman Abedi]]<br>[[Khuram Butt]]<br>[[Rachid Redouane]]<br>[[Youssef Zaghba]]<br>[[Ahmed Hassan]]<br>[[Anouar Haddouchi]]<br>[[Khalid Kelly]]
|skills = Gunmanship<br>
|skills = Gunmanship<br>
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The '''Islamic State, ''' or as others call it, the '''Islamic State of Iraq and Syria''' ('''ISIS'''), or the '''Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant''' ('''ISIL'''), or '''Daesh''', is a Sunni [[jihad]]ist/Salafist [[Militant Islam|militant]] organization and former un-recognized proto-state. They were originally considered to be [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Iraq until 2013, when they expanded into Syria, subsequently breaking away from Al-Qaeda and becoming an independent entity.
The '''Islamic State, ''' or as others call it, the '''Islamic State of Iraq and Syria''' ('''ISIS'''), or the '''Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant''' ('''ISIL'''), or '''Daesh''', is a Sunni [[jihad]]ist/Salafist [[Militant Islam|militant]] organization and former un-recognized proto-state. They were originally considered to be [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Iraq until 2013, when they expanded into Syria, subsequently breaking away from Al-Qaeda and becoming an independent entity.


The group's goal is to establish a worldwide caliphate, with leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghadi]] as Caliph. ISIS had captured large amounts of land including more than half of Syria and about 1.83/3 of Iraq at its height, but by 2015, foreign intervention began to push them back. Following the liberation of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, ISIS has effectively collapsed and as of November of 2017, no longer posses meaningful territorial holdings, has been defeated in both Iraq and Syria, and has lost all strongholds in both nations.
The group's goal is to establish a worldwide caliphate, with leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] as Caliph. ISIS had captured large amounts of land including more than half of Syria and about 1.83/3 of Iraq at its height, but by 2015, foreign intervention began to push them back. Following the liberation of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, ISIS has effectively collapsed and as of November of 2017, no longer posses meaningful territorial holdings, has been defeated in both Iraq and Syria, and has lost all strongholds in both nations.


al-Baghadi was killed during a U.S. Delta Force raid in Idlib, Northwest Syria on October 26, 2019. [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] has since taken over as the new leader of ISIS, as well as the new Caliph.
al-Baghdadi was killed during a U.S. Delta Force raid in Idlib, Northwest Syria on October 26, 2019. [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] has since taken over as the new leader of ISIS, as well as the new Caliph.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==


=== History ===
=== History ===
ISIS can trace its origins to a jihadist militia known as ''Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad'', which formed in 1999 and was lead by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]. The group pledged its allegiance to [[Osama bin Laden]] in 2004 and became part of the [[Mujahideen Shura Council]]. In 2006, the group became known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and became [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Iraq. When al-Zarqawi was killed in June 2006, Abu Bakr al-Baghadi took over as the leader of ISI.
ISIS can trace its origins to a jihadist militia known as ''Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad'', which formed in 1999 and was lead by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]. The group pledged its allegiance to [[Osama bin Laden]] in 2004 and became part of the [[Mujahideen Shura Council]]. In 2006, the group became known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and became [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Iraq. When al-Zarqawi was killed in June 2006, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took over as the leader of ISI.


Al-Baghadi continued directing ISI's operations in Iraq until the group expanded into Syria in 2013. Al-Baghadi officially reorganized ISI into the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS.) The newly-formed group tried to absorb the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, [[Al-Nusra Front]], but their leader, [[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]], would have none of it. [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] ordered al-Baghadi to withdraw from Syria and remain in Iraq, but al-Baghadi refused and officially declared independence from Al-Qaeda. ISIS drove Al-Nusra Front out of the Syrian city of Raqqa, and the city became the official capital of ISIS.
Al-Baghdadi continued directing ISI's operations in Iraq until the group expanded into Syria in 2013. Al-Baghdadi officially reorganized ISI into the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS.) The newly-formed group tried to absorb the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, [[Al-Nusra Front]], but their leader, [[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]], would have none of it. [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] ordered al-Baghdadi to withdraw from Syria and remain in Iraq, but al-Baghdadi refused and officially declared independence from Al-Qaeda. ISIS drove Al-Nusra Front out of the Syrian city of Raqqa, and the city became the official capital of ISIS.


=== Goals ===
=== Goals ===