Islamic State

Salafi jihadist militant organisation Islamic Stateالدَّولةُ الإِسْلَامِيَّةad-Dawla al-IslāmiyyaFlagEmblemOther nameISIS, ISIL, IS, DaeshFounderAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi XLeadersAbu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) Former: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014–2019) X Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) X Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022) † Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023) † Dates active Origins: 1999–2014 1999: Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi establishes Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-JihadEstablishment of Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah by Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiOctober 2004: Zarqawi pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda and forms al-Qaeda in Iraq15 January 2006: Formation of Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq13 October 2006: Declaration of an Islamic State of Iraq and organizational independence from al-Qaeda8 April 2013: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi changes the name of the ISI group to the "‎Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"‎ (ISIL) and announces territorial expansion in the Levant3 February 2014: Beginning of Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict Islamic State: 2014–present 29 Jun