Islamic State – Syria Province

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_State_–_Syria_Province

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:militant
gptkbp:activeIn	gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:affiliation	Sunni Islam
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	Wilayat al-Sham
gptkbp:designation	terrorist organization (by UN, US, EU, others)
gptkbp:established	2014
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Black_Standard
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:extortion kidnapping for ransom oil smuggling taxation of local population
gptkbp:goal	establish caliphate
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Amaq_News_Agency
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_offensive gptkb:Palmyra_offensive_(2015) Raqqa offensive
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi gptkb:Abu_Ali_al-Anbari gptkb:Abu_Muhammad_al-Adnani
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Free_Syrian_Army gptkb:Kurdish_forces gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	foreign fighters
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:status	active (as of 2024)
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:Hasakah Aleppo Deir ez-Zor Homs Raqqa
gptkbp:uses	gptkb:guerrilla_warfare gptkb:murder public executions improvised explosive devices enslavement hostage taking suicide bombings child soldiers social media propaganda
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Taiwanese_passport gptkb:Islamic_State_–_Lebanon_Province gptkb:Islamist_Insurgency
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic State – Syria Province