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Alternate Terms and Spellings

  • Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI) / al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers (AQLTR)
  • DAIISH / Da'ish / Daesh - Arabic shorthand for the group based on an acronym formed from the letters of the name in Arabic, "al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi Iraq wa al-Sham". ISIL is also known as DA’ESH or DA’ISH.
  • Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)
  • Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
  • Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)
  • Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC)
  • al-Tawhid & al-Jihad

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