ISIS

ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA

Historical name

ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI named it in 1999 as Jama at al-Tawid wa-alJihad (The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad).

In October 2004, Al-Zarqawi swore loyalty to Osama Bin Laden, he

reamed the group to Tan im Qaidat al Jihad fi bilad al-Radidayn ("The
Organization of Jihad's Base in Mesopotamia)

History

Founded in 1999 by Jordanian radical Abu Musab al-Zarqawi under the

name Jamat al-Tawd wa-al-Jihd.

After al-Zarqawi was killed in June 2006, the Mujahideen Shura Council
merged in October 2006 with several more insurgent factions to
establish ad-Dawlah al-Iraq al-Islamiyah, also known as the Islamic
State of Iraq (ISI). [66] The ISI was led by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, [67] until they were killed in a USIraqi operation
in April 2010, after which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the group's
leader.

Groups

Libyan Province
Sinai Province
Yemen Province
Algerian Province
Khorasan Province
West Africa Province
Caucasus Province

Leaders
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
The leader of the Sunni militant jihadist organization known as the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant, which controls territory in western Iraq, Syria,
Libya and Afghanistan.
Born: July 28, 1971 (age 45), Samarra, Iraq
Parents: Awad Ibrahim Ali
Spouse: Asma Fawzi Mohammed al-Dulaimi, Israa Rajab Mahal Al-Qaisi
Education: Iraqi University, University of Baghdad

Abu Fatima Al-Jaheishi - Deputy Leader in Iraq

Abu Ali Al-Anbari - Deputy Leader in Syria
Abdel baqer al-najdi - Deputy Leader in Libya
Abu Saleh al-obaidi - military chief
Abu Arkan al-ameri Head of Chura Council

Abu Mohammad al-Adnani

Spokesperson of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Taha Subhi Falaha, known as Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami, was the
official spokesperson and a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant. He was described as the chief of its external operations. Wikipedia
Born: 1977, Binnish, Syria
Died: August 30, 2016, Aleppo, Syria
Parents: Khadija Hamed

Abu Omar al-Shishani

Military Commander
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar
al-Shishani or Omar al-Shishani, was a Georgian Kist jihadist who served as a
commander for the Islamic State in Syria, and previously as a sergeant in the
Georgian Army. Wikipedia
Born: 1986, Soviet Union
Died: March 2016, Al-Shirqat, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Service/branch: Military activity of ISIL
Rank: Commander
Parents: Teimuraz Batirashvili

Area of Operations
Areas of control as of August 24, 2016, in the Iraqi, Syrian,
and Lebanese conflicts:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Iraqi government
Syrian government
Lebanese government
Iraqi Kurdistan forces
Syrian Kurdistan forces
Syrian opposition forces
al-Nusra Front
Hezbollah

Strength
Inside Syria and Iraq
200,000[29] (Kurdish claim in 2014)
100,000[30] (Jihadist claim in 2014)
20,00031,000[31] (CIA estimate in 2014)
19,00025,000[32] [33] (CIA estimate in early 2016)
15,00020,000 (Estimate given by US officials in late 2016)[34]
Outside Syria and Iraq
32,60057,900 (See Military of ISIL for more detailed estimates.)
Estimated total
47,600257,900

Territorial claims and international presence

In Iraq and Syria, ISIL uses many of those countries' existing governorate
boundaries to subdivide its claimed territory; it calls these
divisions wilayah or provinces.[220] As of June 2015, it had established official
branches in Libya, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and the North Caucasus.[221] Outside Iraq and
Syria, it controls territory only in Sinai, Afghanistan, and Libya.[48] ISIL also
has members in Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey & Israel, but does not
have official branches in those areas.