Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Top Questions. | Dec 30, 2025 | ||
| Added Top Question. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Expanded the discussion of Boko Haram as the Islamic State affiliate in Nigeria. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Added Top Questions. | Oct 20, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Links added. | Jul 19, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Counter Extremism Project - ISIS. | Jan 03, 2023 | ||
| Added detail to the significance of ISIL's capture of Fallujah and Al-Ramādī in 2014. | Feb 02, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 28, 2021 | ||
| Added mention of Islamic State–Khorasan Province, an affiliate of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. | Sep 28, 2021 | ||
| Updated the status of ISIL and added mention of the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. | Oct 28, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 30, 2019 | ||
| Updated to mention ISIL's 2017 losses. | Jul 23, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 16, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 28, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 14, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 01, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention events of late 2015 and 2016. | Aug 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - The Islamic State. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lowy Institute for International Policy - Islamic State. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: TonyBlairFaithFoundation - Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Counterterrorism Center - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham. | May 20, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention ISIL's attacks in Beirut and Paris in November 2015. | Nov 16, 2015 | ||
| Update to mention ISIL's destruction of cultural heritage and the group's spread beyond Syria and Iraq. | Apr 21, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 11, 2015 | ||
| New article added. | Oct 01, 2014 |
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