ISIS

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Salafi-jihadist militant group non-state armed group terrorist organization

ISIS is a violent extremist Islamist militant group known for establishing a self-proclaimed caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria and carrying out widespread terrorist attacks.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
ISIS canonical	21

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Salafi-jihadist militant group ⓘ non-state armed group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
claimedCapital	Raqqa ⓘ
committedCrimes	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide against Yazidis ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
controlledCity	Mosul ⓘ
controlledTerritory	large areas of eastern Syria ⓘ large areas of northern Iraq ⓘ
dateFounded	2013 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristBy	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emergedFrom	al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
foundedBy	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ surface form: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (organizational precursor)
fundingSources	extortion ⓘ kidnapping for ransom ⓘ looting and taxation in controlled areas ⓘ oil smuggling ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Daesh IS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: ISIL
hasAlternativeName	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
hasBranch	ISIS-Greater Sahara ⓘ Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ surface form: ISIS-Khorasan (IS-K) Islamic State – Libya Province ⓘ surface form: ISIS-Libya Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ surface form: ISIS-Sinai Province Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ surface form: ISIS-West Africa Province (ISWAP)
hasEnemy	Iran-backed militias ⓘ Government of Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraqi government Kurdish militias ⓘ surface form: Kurdish forces Syrian government ⓘ United States-led coalition ⓘ al-Qaeda ⓘ
hasFullName	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham
hasIdeology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ Wahhabi-influenced extremism ⓘ violent Islamism ⓘ
hasLeader	Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (reported) ⓘ Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (former) ⓘ Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022) ⓘ surface form: Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (former) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (former) ⓘ
hasOrigin	Iraq ⓘ
hasReligiousOrientation	Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni Islam (claimed)
knownFor	establishing a self-proclaimed caliphate ⓘ extensive propaganda and social media use ⓘ mass atrocities ⓘ terrorist attacks worldwide ⓘ use of beheadings and executions ⓘ
ledBy	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ⓘ
lostLastTerritoryInSyriaOn	2019-03-23 ⓘ
operatesIn	Afghanistan ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sahel region Syria ⓘ
proclaimedCaliphateOn	2014-06-29 ⓘ
proclaimedLeaderAs	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ⓘ surface form: Caliph Ibrahim (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi)
publishes	Dabiq magazine (former) ⓘ Rumiyah magazine ⓘ
splitFrom	al-Qaeda ⓘ
targets	civilians ⓘ religious minorities ⓘ security forces ⓘ
usesTactics	hostage-taking ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ online radicalization ⓘ sexual slavery ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Qaeda in Iraq → successor → ISIS ⓘ

Operation Inherent Resolve → hasMainOpponent → ISIS ⓘ

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → hasAbbreviation → ISIS ⓘ

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → inConflictWith → ISIS ⓘ

Operation Impact → target → ISIS ⓘ

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → opposedBy → ISIS ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers → hasSuccessor → ISIS ⓘ

al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers → evolvedInto → ISIS ⓘ

Al Qaim → previouslyControlledBy → ISIS ⓘ

United States-led coalition → formedToCombat → ISIS ⓘ

Raqqa → controlledBy → ISIS ⓘ

Raqqa → deFactoCapitalOf → ISIS ⓘ

Nimrud → destroyedBy → ISIS ⓘ

Yazidis → persecutedBy → ISIS ⓘ

2014 Sinjar massacre → perpetrator → ISIS ⓘ

SDF → primaryOpponent → ISIS ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

Kobanî → attackedBy → ISIS ⓘ

Operation Euphrates Shield → opponent → ISIS ⓘ

Operation Euphrates Shield → displacedControlFrom → ISIS ⓘ

Camp Speicher → perpetratedBy → ISIS ⓘ

Camp Speicher massacre 2014 → perpetratedBy → ISIS ⓘ

subject surface form: Camp Speicher massacre