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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 ...
The standard was used until the creation of the United Arab Republic, a state union of Syria and Egypt, in 1958. After the collapse of the United Arab Republic, Syria continued to use the UAR's flag until 28 September 1961, when the independence flag was restored to disassociate Syria from the former failed union. [15]
The US troop surge went into full effect in June 2007, and supplied the military with more manpower for operations targeting Islamic State of Iraq. According to US Colonel Donald Bacon, 19 senior operatives of Islamic State of Iraq were killed or captured by US and Iraqi Security Forces in July; 25 in August; 29 in September; and 45 in October ...
Flag Date Use Description 1920: Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria: Tricolor consisting of black, green and white stripes with a red triangle and a seven-pointed star. 1:2 ratio. 1920–1922: Flag of the Mandate of Syria: Sky blue field charged with a crescent moon at its centre and the flag of France in the upper hoist 1922–1930
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 ...
Since 2014, the Islamic State has destroyed cultural heritage on an unprecedented scale, primarily in Iraq and Syria, but also in Libya. These attacks and demolitions targeted a variety of ancient and medieval artifacts, museums, libraries, and places of worship, among other sites of importance to human history.
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 ...
3 January: ISIL proclaims itself as an Islamic state in Fallujah. [1] After prolonged tensions, the newly formed Army of Mujahedeen, the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front launched offensives against ISIL in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. These groups, proclaiming a "second revolution", attacked ISIL in many village areas ...