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  2. Islamic State of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    On 25 October 2009 twin bombings targeted Iraqi government buildings in Baghdad killing 155 people and injuring 721, [92] and were also claimed by Islamic State of Iraq. [91] In November 2009, Islamic State of Iraq issued another plea on the Internet, calling for Sunnis to rally around a common end goal. [86]

  3. History of the Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army soldier in Iraq with captured flag from the Islamic State of Iraq, December 2010 By 2008, the ISI was describing itself as being in a state of "extraordinary crisis". [ 35 ] Its violent attempts to govern territory led to a backlash from Sunni Arab Iraqis and other insurgent groups and a temporary decline in the group, which was ...

  4. Islamic state - Wikipedia

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    Afghanistan was run as an Islamic state (Islamic State of Afghanistan) in the post-communist era since 1992, but then de facto by the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) in areas controlled by them since 1996 and after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban the country was still known as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan until 15 August 2021 ...

  5. Flag of Syria - Wikipedia

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    The process failed after the Iraqi Ba'athist government was overthrown in November 1963 but both Syria and Iraq did adopt a new flag to represent the union. [28] This flag was not much different from the flag of the UAR, with only a change from two stars to three, in order to represent the addition of Iraq to the Federation. [ 15 ]

  6. Iraq–Syria relations - Wikipedia

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    Iraq as a founding state in the United Nations made tremendous efforts for international recognition of Syria and Lebanon and their inclusion in the membership of the United Nations, which necessitated the fulfillment of the thanks of the Syrian and Lebanese governments to the Iraqi government. In the late forties, a series of military coups ...

  7. Arab Liberation Flag - Wikipedia

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    The Arab Liberation Flag was often modified by states to include symbols such as the Eagle of Saladin, as seen on the flag of Egypt, or green stars, as seen on the former flags of North Yemen, Iraq and Syria. The Eagle of Saladin on the Egyptian flag represents republicanism, while the two green stars on the former Syrian flag used from 1980 to ...

  8. Flag of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the Islamic State: 2:3 Flag of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region: Flag of Islamic Army of Iraq: Former 2:3 Flag of the Kurdistan Brigades: Flag of Al-Qaeda in Iraq: 2:3 Flag of the Sons of Iraq: Flag of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad: Flag of the Mahdi Army: Flag of Ansar al-Islam: 2:3 Flag of White Flags: Flag of the Iraqi ...

  9. Islamic Front (Syria) - Wikipedia

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    By early 2014, the Islamic Front had condemned the actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; and some factions within the alliance attacked it. [30] Several Islamic Front brigades, including Suqour al-Sham and Ahrar ash-Sham, developed internal divisions on how to or even whether to confront the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [8]