ISIS

ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND

SYRIA

Historical name

ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI named it in 1999 as

Jama at al-Tawid wa-al-Jihad (The Organization of
Monotheism and Jihad).

In October 2004, Al-Zarqawi swore loyalty to

Osama Bin Laden, he reamed the group to Tan im
Qaidat al Jihad fi bilad al-Radidayn ("The
Organization of Jihad's Base inMesopotamia)

HISTORY
Founded in 1999 by Jordanian radicalAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
under the nameJamat al-Tawd wa-al-Jihd.
After al-Zarqawi was killed in June 2006, the Mujahideen
Shura Council merged in October 2006 with several more
insurgent factions to establish ad-Dawlah al-Irq al-Islmiyah,
also known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).[66] The ISI was
led by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri,[67]
until they were killed in a USIraqi operation in April 2010,
after which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the group's leader.

GROUPS
Libyan Province
Sinai Province
Yemen Province
Algerian Province
Khorasan Province
West Africa Province
Caucasus Province

LEADER
S

Abu
Bakr
Al-baghdadi
The leader
of the
Sunni militant jihadist
organisation known as the Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant, which controls
territory in western Iraq, Syria, Libya and
Afghanistan.
Born: July 28, 1971 (age 45), Samarra,
Iraq
Parents: Awad Ibrahim Ali
Spouse: Asma Fawzi Mohammed alDulaimi, Israa Rajab Mahal Al-Qaisi
Education: Iraqi University, University of
Baghdad

Abu Fatima alJaheishi

abu ali al-anbari

Deputy leader in
Iraq

Deputy leader in
Syria

abdel baqer al-najdi

Deputy leader in
Libya

ABU SALEH AL-OBAIDI

ABU ARKAN AL-AMERI

MILITARY CHIEF

HEAD OF CHURA COUNCIL

ABU MOHAMMAD AL-ADNANI

Spokesperson of Islamic State of Iraq and

the Levant
Taha Subhi Falaha, known as Abu
Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami, was the
official spokesperson and a senior leader of
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He
was described as the chief of its external
operations. Wikipedia
Born: 1977, Binnish, Syria
Died: August 30, 2016, Aleppo, Syria
Parents: Khadija Hamed

ABU
OMAR
AL-SHISHANI
Military Commander
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, known by his
nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Shishani or Omar alShishani, was a Georgian Kist jihadist who served as
a commander for the Islamic State in Syria, and
previously as a sergeant in the Georgian Army.
Wikipedia
Born: 1986, Soviet Union
Died: March 2016, Al-Shirqat, Saladin Governorate,
Iraq
Service/branch: Military activity of ISIL
Rank: Commander
Parents: Teimuraz Batirashvili

AREA OF
OPERATIONS

Areas of control as of August 24, 2016, in the Iraqi, Syrian,

and Lebanese conflicts:

Islamic State of Iraq and the

Levant
Iraqi government
Syrian government
Lebanese government
Iraqi Kurdistan forces
Syrian Kurdistan forces
Syrian opposition forces
al-Nusra Front
Hezbollah

strength

Inside Syria and Iraq

200,000[29] (Kurdish claim in 2014)
100,000[30] (Jihadist claim in 2014)
20,00031,000[31] (CIA estimate in
2014)
19,00025,000[32][33] (CIA estimate
in early 2016)
15,00020,000 (Estimate given by US
officials in late 2016)[34]
Outside Syria and Iraq
32,60057,900 (See Military of ISIL for
more detailed estimates.)
Estimated total
47,600257,900

TERRITORIAL CLAIMS AND

INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
In Iraq and Syria, ISIL uses many of those countries' existing
governorate boundaries to subdivide its claimed territory; it calls these
divisions wilayah or provinces.[220] As of June 2015, it had established
official branches in Libya, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Saudi Arabia,
Yemen, Algeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and the North
Caucasus.[221] Outside Iraq and Syria, it controls territory only in Sinai,
Afghanistan, and Libya.[48] ISIL also has members in Morocco,
Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey & Israel, but does not have official branches
in those areas.

END