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    Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh...
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  • Look up ISIL in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ISIL is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (self-styled "Islamic State"), a militant Islamic group...
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  • Look up Işıl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Işıl is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Işıl" means "Shining", "Sparkling", "Bright"...
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    State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and agreed to a strategy that included: exposing ISIL's true nature; cutting off ISIL's financing and funding; supporting...
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    were also among the dead. On 13 August, US defence officials said that ISIL's top leader, Hafiz Saeed Khan, was killed in a drone strike on 26 July in...
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    who issued the order to withdraw from the city of Mosul. At its height, ISIL held 56,000 square kilometers of Iraqi territory, containing 4.5 million...
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    attack from ISIL. On 3 August 2014, ISIL killed the men from the al-Qahtaniya area, ten Yazidi families fleeing were attacked by ISIL; and ISIL shot 70 to...
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  • Işıl German (1953–2016) was a female Turkish singer. Işıl German was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1953. She graduated from the ballet section of the Conservatory...
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    international forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIL), which had seized the city years prior in June 2014. It was the largest...
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    Işıl Alben (born 22 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray, who is often considered to be among the top Turkish female...
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    troops went to assess Iraqi forces and the threat posed by ISIL. In early August 2014, ISIL began its Northern Iraq offensive. On 5 August, the United...
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  • Iran is an opponent of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), fighting the group in Syria and Iraq. Since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011...
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  • of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), more commonly referred to by the local media as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIL maintains operations in...
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    forces to participate in the coalition for military intervention against ISIL by deploying combat aircraft. On 7 October 2014, the House of Commons approved...
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    and the Levant (ISIL) agreed on a many-sided strategy against ISIL, including cutting off ISIL's financing and funding and exposing ISIL's true nature. As...
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  • ISIL from January to November 2014, while in the same period only 13% of all ISIL attacks targeted government forces. Academics who interviewed ISIL defectors...
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  • International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL), ISO 15511, assigns unique identifiers to libraries and related organisations...
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  • Işıl Yücesoy (born 2 October 1945) is a Turkish movie and theatre actress and singer. Işıl Yücesoy was born in Kırklareli, Turkey on 2 October 1945. Her...
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    and the Levant (ISIL), despite continued threats from ISIL to pursue more operations on Turkish soil. The Turkish response to the ISIL-led Siege of Kobanî...
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  • bid to encourage potential donors. In 2014, the RAND Corporation analyzed ISIL's funding sources by studying Bharatpur documents — personal letters, expense...
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  • fighter pilot who was captured and burned to death by the militant group ISIL after his F-16 fighter aircraft crashed over Syria. Al-Kasasbeh's fighter...
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  • resulting in the eruption of armed conflict between ISIL and al-Qaeda and its allies. In 2014, ISIL proclaimed itself a worldwide caliphate and changed...
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    Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (ISIL) with an aim to seize the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIL since 2014. The battle began on 6 June...
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    Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 2017 during the Syrian Civil War with...
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  • which is Sunni. On 12 June 2014, ISIL killed 1,700 unarmed Shia Iraqi Army cadet recruits in the Camp Speicher massacre. ISIL has also targeted Shia prisoners...
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    ideology of ISIL, which mandates capital punishment for homosexuality within its territory, in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Law enforcement in ISIL controlled...
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  • of Mosul, ISIL demanded that Assyrian Christians living in the city convert to Islam, pay jizyah, or face execution, by July 19, 2014. ISIL leader Abu...
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    launchers, kills 11 ISIL militants". hurriyet. "13 ISIL militants killed in Turkish shelling in northern Syria". hurriyet. "ISIL fires five mortar shells...
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    militant group and former unrecognised Quasi-state. The group was announced by ISIL as its province in 2016. The first emir of Wilayat al-Bengal, Abu Ibrahim...
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    commonly used English abbreviations for the group include ISIS–K, ISIL–K, IS–K, ISIS–KP, ISIL–KP, IS–KP, ISISK, ISK, and ISKP. Colloquially, especially in...
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