ISIS
A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
Proper noun
- A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
Synonyms: Daesh ISIL IS Islamic State
- Initialism of Israeli Secret Intelligence Services (“a pun on the Salafist group”)
- They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen. - 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his...
- Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr...
- Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years. - 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN:
- Initialism of Institute for Science and International Security.
Origin
(Salafist group): An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.
Forms
Isis Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State in Iraq and Syria