Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

## Infobox (war faction)

- **name**: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- **native name**:
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- **war**: the Iraq War (2003–2011), the Iraqi insurgency (2011–13), Iraqi insurgency, the Syrian Civil War, the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), Iraqi Civil War, the Libyan Civil War (2014–present), Second Libyan Civil War, the Boko Haram insurgency, the War in North-West Pakistan, the War in Afghanistan (2015–present), War in Afghanistan, the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), Yemeni Civil War, and List of wars and battles involving ISIL, other conflicts
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Primary target of Operation Inherent Resolve and of the War against the Islamic State American-led intervention in Syria, in Syria, American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Iraq, 2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya, Libya, and Boko Haram insurgency, Nigeria
- **ideology**: * Islamism
* Caliphate, Caliphalism
* Qutbism
* Takfiri, Takfirism
* Wahhabism
* Pan-Islamism
* Salafism
* Salafi jihadism
* Anti-Yazidi sentiment
* Shiaphobia, Anti-Shia sentiment
* Anti-Christian sentiment
* Anti-Hindu sentiment
* Anti-LGBT sentiment
* Antisemitism
- **clans**: * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Algeria Province, Algerian Province
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province, Caucasus Province
* Islamic State's Central Africa Province, Central Africa Province
* Abu Sayyaf, East Asia Province
* Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, Gaza Province
* Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, Greater Sahara Province
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province, Khorasan Province
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya, Libyan Province
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province, Sinai Province
* Islamic State in Somalia, Somalia Province
* Boko Haram, West Africa Province
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province, Yemen Province
* Islamic State – Georgian Province
- **founder**: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- **leaders**: * **Leader:** Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
* **Former leaders:**
 Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
* **Deputy leader in Iraq:** Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
* **Deputy leader in Syria:** Abu Ali al-Anbari
* **Deputy leader in Libya:** Abdul Qader al-Najdi
* **Military chief:** Abu Saleh al-Obaidi
* **Head of the Shura Council:** Abu Arkan al-Ameri
* **Chief of Syrian military operations:** Abu Omar al-Shishani
* **Minister of War:** Gulmurod Khalimov
* **Minister of Finance:** Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi
* **Minister of Information:** Abu Muhammad al-Furqan
* **Spokesman:** Abu Umar al-Muhajir
* **Former spokesmen:** Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Abu Hamza al-Qurashi
- **area**:
ISIL's territory, in grey, at the time of its greatest territorial extent (May 2015).<div style="text-align: left;">
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- **previous**: Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (1999)
- **allies**: #Supporters, See section
- **opponents**: **State opponents**
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**Non-state opponents'''
*  Syrian Democratic Forces
*  Nineveh Plain Protection Units
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*  Badr Organisation
*  Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
*  European Union
*  Kata'ib Hezbollah
*  Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
* Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
*  Peshmerga
*  Kurdistan Communities Union
*  Free Syrian Army
*  Iraqi Kurdistan
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*  Ahrar al-Sham
*  Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham since 2017)
*  Libya Shield Force
*  Hamas
*  Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna
*  Taliban
*  Army of Conquest (2015–17)
#Countries and groups at war with ISIL, Full list...
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