ISLAMIC STATE
الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام
Also known as:Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Daesh
Affiliated Group(s):al-Qaeda (2004-2014)
Media Division:al-Hayat Media Center, Ajnad Foundation, Furqan Foundation, al-Himmah Library, I’tisaam Media Foundation
Publications:Naba, Rumiyah, Dabiq, Constantinople Magazine, Dar al-Islam Magazine, Istok Magazine, Islamic State News
Base Location[s]:Iraq, Syria, Khorasan (Afghanistan/Pakistan), West Africa (Nigeria/Chad, Cameroon), Yemen, East Asia (Philippines), Sinai (Egypt), Somalia, Libya, Caucasus (Russia), Bahrain/Hijaz/Najd (Saudi Arabia – dormant), Algeria (dormant)
Status:Active
Formal Designation:U.S. State Department, United Nations
Al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI) was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on December 17, 2004. In the 1990s, Jordanian militant Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi organized a terrorist group called al-Tawhid wal-Jihad to oppose the presence of U.S. and Western military forces in the Middle East and the West’s support for, and the existence of, Israel. In late 2004, he joined al-Qa’ida (AQ) and pledged allegiance to Usama bin Laden, at which point al-Tawhid wal-Jihad became known as AQI. Zarqawi traveled to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and led his group against U.S. and Coalition Forces until his death in June 2006. Read more.
Ahmad AbousamraForeign Media Leader
d. January, 2017
Former Leadership
Abu Osama al-Masri Leader of IS in Sinai
d. November 15th, 2018
Former Leadership
Islamic State (ISIS-ISIL)