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The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.
The Islamic State insurgency in Iraq is an ongoing low-intensity insurgency that began in 2017 after the Islamic State (IS) lost its territorial control in the War in Iraq, during which IS and allied White Flags fought the Iraqi military (largely backed by the United States, United Kingdom and other countries conducting airstrikes against IS ...
31 August: 2024 Anbar raid: In an operation conducted by the US special forces along with Iraqi security forces in western Iraq killed about 15 ISIS militants armed with grenades and explosive belts, the operation also led to the injury of 7 US personnel. [9] In August 2024, 9 civilians, 6 Iraqi security personnel and 15 ISIS militants were killed.
April 7, 2021 - Iraq announces that it has killed 34 ISIS militants and arrested 99 during a 3-month long operation against the terrorist group around the country. [ 38 ] 60 ISIS militants were also killed in a 10-day long operation near the town of Makhmur in northern Iraq.
This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004 to 2006. [1]
8 March 2020 - Two American soldiers were "killed by enemy forces while advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an IS terrorist stronghold in a mountainous area of north central Iraq", according to the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad.
Abu Umar al-Baghdadi and Abu Hamza al-Muhajir both insisted that the Islamic State of Iraq was not simply a new name for Al Qaeda in Iraq, but was an actual state. When other Iraq-based Salafi factions like the Islamic Army in Iraq refused to recognize it as a state and give it their allegiance, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi called them "sinners". [1]
January 6 – 11 Islamic State militants were killed in several security operations throughout Iraq. [1] January 16 – 4 civilians were abducted and executed by IS militants in the Qadiriyah area, south of Samarra. Another civilian was also abducted but later managed to escape after the militants believed he was dead after attempting to ...