The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Arabic: ) with the name of the abbreviation ISIS, a group of fighters nine Salafists who follow a teachings of the fundamentalist Wahhabis of Sunni Islam.

the group, which from July 2014 claim to caliphate the world has and their the Islamic State (Arabic: ) calls; can also large parts of northern Iraq and eastern Syria, with a population of 2. the 8 and the 8 million people and small sectors in Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan in the capture. This group, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Mujahideen Salafi isolated from the network Al-Qaeda has been established, and with the governments of Iraq and Syria and other rebel groups opposed to the Syrian government to enter the war. ISIS is one of the most radical Islamist groups in the Middle East. It, in addition to Iraq and Syria, parts of Libya and Nigeria, also in control of their own group and allies it, in other parts of the world such as Afghanistan and Southeast Asia are also active.

The Roots of ISIS to the congregation of monotheism and jihad, it appears that in 1999 led was established in 2004 to Al-Qaeda, the attachment, and then to Al-Qaeda in Iraq became known. The group that entered the war with the Iraqi government and American forces deployed in Iraq was in 2006, with several Islamist other, coalition, and "Shura Council of the mujahideen" have formed that a power important in the Anbar province, the most extensive Province, Iraq. On October 13 the same year, the parliament, the council, along with several groups of insurgents "the Islamic State of Iraq" formed the alliance. al-Masri and Baghdadi, the two main leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq, were that on April 18, 2010 in the operations of the American army were killed, and Abu Bakr al Baghdadi replace them.

with the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, Forces of the Islamic State entered the Syria also were on April 8, 2013, the name "Islamic State in Iraq and sham" take on their day, and from then on, with the acronym ISIS) and were known. They speed up parts of north-eastern Syria, capture, and the city of Ar-Raqqah as the capital of their choice. Then, simultaneously with the military action in Syria to Iraq, the attack and managed to Ramadi and Fallujah the most important cities in the Anbar province in Iraq to the territory to add to your. In June 2014 the most important success against ISIL capture of Mosul - the second largest city in Iraq - came to hand. They are in the months later, the advance, have a great and may 1394 about half of the territory of Syria and parts of north western Iraq in the capture. ISIS in the course of parts of the possessions, also lost, including the important city of Tikrit, in May, 1394, to the Iraqi army and paramilitary force reports house keeper for that battle with the band formed a. Ceded by ISIS in mid-November 2015 coming together, lost together, such on 28 December 2015 Ramadi's lost is said to be the second time that this group, the town lost also the government of Iraq announced that the next operation they seized Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, and added that after a year or two, the terrorists would get out of Iraq, they will drove.

This group after the expansion of possessions in the June 29, 2014 announced that henceforth its name, "Islamic State is a caliphate world formed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the group, as well as the Caliph introduced and the activities of the government extend their alliance (including this action, print bills with a single Dinar, ISIS, and passport, etc. right off the police, the issuance of the oil, set up a network of TV, holding, patrol, tourist). However, the roots of ISIS to the group, related to Al-Qaeda, the looks, but with the front of the triumphal branches, the official Al Qaeda in Syria entered the war and that al-Qaeda has repeatedly compared us to their rejection. The gap between al-Qaeda and ISIS to the 2013 returns. Credit in the year after the ISIS group to mistreatment by the citizens of the Syrian rebels and rival, was accused of these groups wanted. their activities make clear. Religiosity in the dialog charge, in the case that Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, it is possible to create turbulence to the inside of the jihadist groups has to be rejected and said: "If I command, I with brothers of struggle fight, obey me, don't. If I command I that your among the brothers, waiting to explode now I follow don't."