Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014–2019) †(Leader of ISIL) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) †(Leader of ISIL) Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022–2022) †(Leader of ISIL)
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023) †(Leader of ISIL) Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) (Leader of ISIL)
White Flags (unconfirmed) Ansar al-Islam (sometimes)[2][3]
Opponents
Kurdistan Region Turkey Iraq Iran Syria SNA SDF PKK Ansar al-Islam (sometimes)[2][3]
Battles and wars
Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) Rojava–Islamist conflict Turkey–Islamic State conflict
The Islamic State in Kurdistan refers to various organized clandestine cell systems operating in Kurdistan who gave their allegiance to the Islamic State, as well as the activities of the Islamic State organization in Kurdistan. It is currently like ISJK and is not under any state of authority in the region.
^"حملة اعتقالات تطال خلايا لـ"داعش" في كردستان العراق". اندبندنت عربية (in Arabic). 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ ab"The Islamic State's curious cover story | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. January 5, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ absays, Jeff Logan (June 20, 2014). "Ansar al Islam claims attacks against Iraqi military, police | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
and 26 Related for: Islamic State in Kurdistan information
of the IslamicState organization inKurdistan. It is currently like ISJK and is not under any state of authority in the region. An IslamicState fighter...
The Kurdistan Justice Group (Kurdish: کۆمهلی دادگەری کوردستان, romanized: Komelî Dadgerî Kurdistan), formerly the KurdistanIslamic Group (Kurdish: گرووپی...
main religions that exist or historically existed inKurdistan are as follows: Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Yarsanism, Yazidism...
The IslamicStatein Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK, ISIS–JK, IslamicState – J&K) is a group affiliated with the IslamicState, operating in Kashmir, specifically...
Islamic Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Îslamiya Kurdistan) is a Kurdish (Sunni) Islamist organisation established in 1979 and led-by Muhammad Salih...
does not control Kirkuk, and the Kurdistan Region Parliament is based in Erbil. In 2014, when the Syria-based IslamicState began their Northern Iraq offensive...
Salafist group called Ansar al-Islam, along with the KurdistanIslamic Group and KurdistanIslamic Movement, set up the Islamic Emirate of Byara, with the...
as the Islamic Group of Kurdistan). He was born in 1961 in the Pshdar district, Iraqi Kurdistan. He has written over 150 books on politics, Islam, society...
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. 'land of the Kurds'; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural...
Pêşmerge, transl. 'Those Who Face Death') comprise the standing military of Kurdistan Region, an autonomous political entity within the Republic of Iraq. According...
Kurdistan and adhere to Yazidism, which is an Iranian religion derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. Over a period of three years, IslamicState militants...
flag of Kurdistan (Kurdish: ئاڵای کوردستان, Alaya Kurdistanê) is the flag of Kurds and was created by the Society for the Rise of Kurdistanin 1920. It...
0644°N 44.6036°E / 36.0644; 44.6036 The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI; Kurdish: حیزبی دێموکراتی کوردستانی ئێران, romanized: Hîzbî Dêmukratî...
The IslamicState (IS), also known as the IslamicState of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the IslamicState of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym...
Uramanat Villages Iranian KurdistanKurdistanKurdistan (disambiguation) "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical...
Kurdistan Freedom Party (Kurdish: پارتی ئازادیی کوردستان, romanized: Partî Azadîy Kurdistan, abbreviated as PAK) is a Kurdish nationalist and separatist...
its fight against the IslamicState. In July 2016, Barzani announced that he would not seek another term as president. The Kurdistan Region Parliament on...
(Western Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) and northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan). The term Turkish Kurdistan is often used in the context...
autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) characterised it as binding, although they claimed that an affirmative result would trigger the start of state building...
Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, romanized: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern...
variant used by the IslamicState, and before that by the IslamicState of Iraq (since c. 2006) depicts the second phrase of the shahada in the form of a depiction...
primary investigative arm belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan, headquartered in Sulaymaniyah. The organization is now a governmental...
Salafis in Iranian Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan. It was confirmed that Salafism in the Kurdistan region of Iran was a result of Ansar al-Islam jihadists who...
The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived Kurdish state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It lasted...
The Kurdistan Free Life Party, or PJAK (Kurdish: Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê), is a Kurdish leftist anti-Islamic Republic of Iran armed militant...
Global Information
Islamic State
White Flags (unconfirmed)
Ansar al-Islam (sometimes)[2][3]
Kurdistan Region
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Syria
SNA
SDF
PKK