Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant

The Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant (ISIL; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام‎), forby kent as the Islamic State o Iraq an Sirie (ISIS, /ˈaɪsᵻs/) or the Islamic State o Iraq an ash-Sham,^[28] Islamic State (IS),^[29] or Daesh (داعش, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈdaːʕiʃ]),^[30] is a Wahhabi/Salafi jihadist extremist militant group an sel-proclaimed Islamic state an caliphate, that is led bi an feckly componed o Sunni Arabs frae Iraq an Sirie.

Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant
الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām Pairteecipant in the Sirian Ceevil War, Iraq War (2003–2011), Iraqi insurgency, Iraq War (2014–present), Seicont Libian Ceevil War, Boko Haram insurgency, War in North-Wast Pakistan, War in Afghanistan, Yemeni Ceevil War, an ither conflicts Primar target o Operation Inherent Resolve an o the militar intervention against ISIL: in Sirie, Iraq, Libie, an Nigerie.
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Active	1999–present Joined al-Qaeda: October 2004 Declaration o an Islamic state in Iraq: 13 October 2006 Claim o territory in the Levant: 8 Aprile 2013 Separatit frae al-Qaeda:[1][2] 3 February 2014,[3] Declaration o caliphate: 29 Juin 2014 Claim o territory in: Libie, Egyp, Algerie, Saudi Arabie, Yemen: 13 November 2014 Afghanistan, Pakistan an parts o Indie: 29 Januar 2015[4] Nigerie: 12 Mairch 2015[5][6] North Caucasus: 23 Juin 2015[7]
Ideology	Salafism[8][9][10] Salafi jihadism[10][11] Wahhabism[11][12]
Leaders	Leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,[13] Deputy leader: Abu Ala al-Afri still unconfirmed †,[14][15] Deputy leader in Sirie: Abu Ali al-Anbari,[16] Deputy leader in Iraq: Abu Muslim al-Turkmani †,[16][17] Militar chief: Abu Suleiman al-Naser,[18][19] Heid o the Shura Cooncil: Abu Arkan al-Ameri,[20] Chief spokesperson: Abu Mohammad al-Adnani,[18][21][22] Chief o Sirian militar operations: Abu Omar al-Shishani[18][23]
Heidquarters	Ar-Raqqah, Sirie (de facto caipital)
Aurie o operations	Militar situation as o 000000002016-11-09-0000November 9, 2016, in the Iraqi, Sirian, an Lebanese conflicts.   Controlled bi the Iraqi govrenment   Controlled bi the Sirian govrenment   Controlled bi the Lebanese govrenment   Controlled bi the Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant   Controlled bi Iraqi Kurdistan forces   Controlled bi Sirian Kurdistan forces   Controlled bi Syrian opposeetion forces   Controlled by al-Nusra Front   Controlled bi Hezbollah Note: Iraq an Sirie contain lairge desert auries wi limited populations. These auries are cairtit as unner the control o forces hauldin roads an touns within them. Detailed cairt o the Sirian Ceevil War
Size	Inside Sirie an Iraq 200,000[24] (Kurdish claim) 100,000[25] (Jihadist claim) 20,000–31,000[26] (CIA estimate) Ootside Sirie an Iraq 32,600–57,900 (See Militar o ISIL for mair detailed estimates.) Estimated tot 52,600–257,900
Oreeginatit as	Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād (1999)[27]

It stairtit in 2003 in Iraq as a terror group cried "Jama'at al-Tahwind wal-Jihad" (foondit bi a Jordanian chiel, Ahmed Fadil Khaleila, kent as "al-Qaeda in Iraq". In october 2006, efter mergin wi' ither radical Islamist groups, it wis proclaimed as the "Islamic State o' Iraq".^[31]