ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is a terrorist group that practices an extreme form of Salafi jihadism. The group has been active since the late 1990s, but came to prominence in 2014 with the capture of Mosul, a major Iraqi city. ISIS has claimed responsibility for some of the most recent notable terrorist attacks around the world, including the July 2016 Baghdad bombings and the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka.