ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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