Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Quick Facts

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Nov. 10, 2026

News •

An Idaho man gets 18 years in prison for an Islamic State support plot • Nov. 10, 2026, 8:05 PM ET (AP)

US woman convicted of getting Islamic State training after becoming teen bride to a fighter • Oct. 27, 2026, 5:34 PM ET (AP)

Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter • Oct. 22, 2026, 3:57 PM ET (AP)

Attack by Islamic State-affiliated group in Mali kills 48 people, official says • Oct. 20, 2026, 11:47 AM ET (AP)

Facts

Also Known As	Dāʿish • Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant • ISIS • al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyyah fī al-ʿIrāq wa al-Shām • Daesh • the Islamic State • ISIL
Date	April 2013 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Islam • sharia • extremism • terrorism • suicide bombing • Is It ISIS or ISIL? • beheading • Sunni • ISIL: Horror, Outrage, Confusion
Related People	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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A masked person in military clothing stands in a desert landscape holding a black flag with white Arabic script associated with the Islamic State.

Palmyra, Syria: destruction of the Temple of Baal Shamen

Al-Ramādī, Iraq: Iraqi government forces

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