ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام‎), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, /ˈaɪsɨs/), the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham, Daesh, or simply Islamic State (IS), is aWahhabi/Salafi jihadist extremist militant group, self-proclaimed to be a caliphateand Islamic state.