The Islamic State: Difference between revisions
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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. | 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. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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On January 20, 2022, Islamic State militants in Syria bombed the gates at a prison in al-Hasakah in Syria, starting a riot in which hundreds of Islamic State detainees escaped. Following the breakout, they attacked and occupied buildings in the surrounding neighborhoods and took 23 hostages. By January 23 the Coalition-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had regained most of the lost areas, including part of the prison. | On January 20, 2022, Islamic State militants in Syria bombed the gates at a prison in al-Hasakah in Syria, starting a riot in which hundreds of Islamic State detainees escaped. Following the breakout, they attacked and occupied buildings in the surrounding neighborhoods and took 23 hostages. By January 23 the Coalition-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had regained most of the lost areas, including part of the prison. | ||
On 3 February 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that U.S. military forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation in Atme, resulting in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. A senior White House official told Reuters that al-Qurashi then detonated a bomb which killed himself and 12 more people, including members of his family. Following the explosion, U.S. special operations commandos entered the building and had a shootout with survivors, including a lieutenant of al-Qurashi, who was also killed. | |||
According to initial reports from the Syria Civil Defense (White Helmets), four women and six children were among the dead. Later reports from the Syria Civil Defense claimed 13 people were killed. A fighter of [[Tahrir al-Sham]] was also killed in a brief shootout with U.S. forces after he noticed the raid taking place. | |||
== Leadership == | == Leadership == | ||
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*[[Shamima Begum]] | *[[Shamima Begum]] | ||
*[[Ibrahim ibn Awwad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai]], also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (self-declared caliph; leader until 2019) (''dead'') | *[[Ibrahim ibn Awwad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai]], also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (self-declared caliph; leader until 2019) (''dead'') | ||
*[[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] (leader | *[[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi]] (leader until 2022) (''dead'') | ||
*[[Abdullah Qardash]] | *[[Abdullah Qardash]] | ||
[[Category:Terrorists]] | [[Category:Terrorists]] | ||