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The following is a list of major
terrorist
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...
attacks and arrests that have been connected to or have been claimed in reliable sources to be inspired by the
Islamic State
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
(IS), also known by other names.
Between June 2014, when the group
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itself to be the ''Islamic State'', and February 2018, IS has often made claims of responsibility over 140
terrorist
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...
attacks in 29 countries outside
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
and
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, that were "conducted or inspired" by the group, while the evidences of those claims are not verified. Hundreds of other attacks were also carried out since 2018.
The provided list below is according to a running count kept by
CNN
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See also
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List of Islamist terrorist attacks
The following is a list of Islamist terrorist attacks.
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List of terrorist incidents, 2014
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List of terrorist incidents, 2015
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military conf ...
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List of wars and battles involving ISIL
The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and ha ...
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List of the terrorist actions against the Mourning of Muharram
References
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{{Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Terrorist incidents connected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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ISIL terrorist incidents
Terrorist incidents by perpetrator