Isis declared the establishment of a caliphate amid significant territorial gains in 2014 but lost most of its territory by november 2017. Military said on sunday that it recently destroyed 15 sites containing islamic state weapons caches in southern syria. Isis grew out of an insurgency in iraq and syria, where the group still operates clandestinely
Isis is a powerful terrorist militant group that has seized control of large areas of the middle east. It’s many years since isis, also known as islamic state, held sway over much of syria and northern iraq a time when it spawned affiliates throughout africa and asia and organized a series of. Department of homeland security (dhs) secretary kristi noem today announced u.s
At its 2015 height, the group controlled large areas of iraq and syria from which it launched and inspired attacks in the region and beyond.