Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ISIS gptkb:Daesh
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Raqqa_(de_facto,_2014–2017)
gptkbp:declaredCaliphate	2014
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Black_Standard
gptkbp:foundedIn	2013
gptkbp:fundedBy	looting extortion taxation in controlled areas kidnapping for ransom oil smuggling
gptkbp:goal	establish Islamic caliphate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Dabiq_magazine gptkb:Amaq_News_Agency
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Sinjar_massacre gptkb:Brussels_bombings_(2016) gptkb:Manchester_Arena_bombing_(2017) gptkb:Paris_attacks_(2015) gptkb:Orlando_nightclub_shooting_(2016) gptkb:2014_Northern_Iraq_offensive
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Baghouz_Fawqani_(2019) gptkb:Fall_of_Raqqa_(2017) gptkb:Battle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017) gptkb:Siege_of_Kobani gptkb:Genocide_of_Yazidis Destruction of cultural heritage
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Iran gptkb:Russia gptkb:United_States gptkb:Kurdish_forces gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces gptkb:Syrian_government gptkb:Global_Coalition_to_Defeat_ISIS Iraqi government
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	foreign fighters
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Boko_Haram gptkb:ISIL-Libya gptkb:ISIL-West_Africa_Province gptkb:ISIL-Khorasan_Province gptkb:ISIL-Sinai_Province
gptkbp:status	largely defeated territorially by 2019
gptkbp:UNDesignation	militant
gptkbp:USDesignation	Foreign Terrorist Organization
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Islamism gptkb:Rojava_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5