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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 jihadist/Salafist [[Militant Islam|militant]] organization. They had a relationship with Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that caused the [[9/11|September 11th terrorist attacks]] until in 2014 when they broke up. | 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 jihadist/Salafist [[Militant Islam|militant]] organization. They had a relationship with Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that caused the [[9/11|September 11th terrorist attacks]] until in 2014 when they broke up. | ||
The group's goal is to establish a worldwide caliphate, with leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghadi]] as Caliph. ISIS | 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 now only controls fragments of its former territorial holdings. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | |||
November 21st, 2017 ISIS Territory.png|ISIS territories was of November 21st, 2017 | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Noted members== | ==Noted members== | ||