It was, needless to say, a messy divorce. Al-Qaeda was not pleased, and rejected the demand, as well as cut all ties to ISIS the following year.
Amidst the turmoil in Syria in 2013, ISI announced that they would take control over an Al-Qaeda based militant group in Syria and become The Islamic State in Iraq, or what is known today as ISIS. The reins were eventually handed over to current leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2010. When AQI’s leader was killed by US airstrikes in 2006, the organization was renamed months later to the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI). The mostly Sunni terrorist group actively sought out conflict with Shia Muslims in Iraq. The organization has been alive and kicking since 2004, when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi established what was then called Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). The conflict between ISIS and its neighbors is long-winded and extremely complicated, but I’ll give you the quick rundown. If I were to ask students around South about The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), I could most likely count on hearing few answers other than:Īnd while both are correct answers in their own right, they do not even begin to express the vastness and sophistication that sets ISIS (also known as ISIL for The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) apart from Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups in the region.įirst off, it’s important to note that ISIS’s presence is not new in the the area. And at the present moment, what could be a bigger issue than the rise of a powerful, terrorist threat in Iraq? Editor-in-Chief, Web Editorįriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears and bid welcome to the first post of The Green Hair Affair! I’m Emily Wilkinson, coming at you with analysis of current events, political drama, and social issues across America and the world.
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