Noun: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- An extremist jihadist militant group, led by and mainly composed of Sunni Arabs from Iraq and Syria, that has proclaimed itself to be an Islamic state and worldwide caliphate
- ISIS, Daesh, Da'ish, Islamic State, IS, Isil
Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization
Encyclopedia: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant