ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Islamic_State
gptkb:ISIS
gptkb:Daesh
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Raqqa_(de_facto,_2014–2017)
gptkbp:declaredCaliphate 2014
gptkbp:declaredEnemy gptkb:Shia_Muslims
Western countries
Sunni Muslims opposed to ISIL
gptkbp:EUDesignation militant
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Black_Standard
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Jama'at_al-Tawhid_wal-Jihad
gptkbp:foundedIn 2006
gptkbp:fundedBy extortion
taxation in controlled areas
kidnapping for ransom
oil smuggling
gptkbp:goal establish a caliphate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
gptkbp:ideology Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Dabiq_magazine
gptkb:Rumiyah_magazine
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Orlando_nightclub_shooting
gptkb:Sinjar_massacre
gptkb:Manchester_Arena_bombing
gptkb:Brussels_bombings_(2016)
gptkb:Mosul_offensive_(2014)
gptkb:Paris_attacks_(2015)
gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings_(2019)
Nice truck attack
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017)
gptkb:Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)
gptkb:Fall_of_Baghouz_(2019)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Kurdish_forces
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Syrian_government
Iraqi government
gptkbp:recruitedFrom foreign fighters
gptkbp:region gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Boko_Haram
gptkb:ISIL-West_Africa_Province
gptkb:Abu_Sayyaf
gptkb:ISIL-Khorasan_Province
gptkbp:separates gptkb:al-Qaeda
gptkbp:status largely defeated territorially by 2019
gptkbp:UKDesignation proscribed organization
gptkbp:UNDesignation militant
gptkbp:USDesignation Foreign Terrorist Organization
gptkbp:warCrimes mass executions
destruction of cultural heritage
sexual slavery
genocide of Yazidis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Marawi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6