Honors U.S. Government: ISIS timeline

By beccaprimak

  • The beginning of ISIS

    (http://theweek.com/articles/589924/brief-history-isis) In 2003, ISIS was made during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Thousands of people were mad about losing their jobs, taking their anger out, and forming Al Qaeda. The US broke up their army, leaving them to start an entirely new one, which left many Sunni officers out of work. This made them mad, eventually forming the group that is known for terrorizing places around the world today, ISIS.

  • Al Qaeda

    The Al Qaeda terrorist group was started by Jordanian Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2004, later leading to the bigger group, ISIS.

  • A new leader for Islamic State in Iraq

    In a US airstrike in 2006, the leader of Al Qaeda, Zarqawi, was killed, and Abu Ayyub al-Masri too over, and became leader of the group, now called Islamic State in Iraq.

  • ISIS targets Shiite community in 2006

    "ISIS has also targeted the Shiite community in general, starting with a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque in Samarra in 2006."
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/

  • Another leader killed... new leader fights Syria's government in their civil war

    In 2010, Masri was killed in a US-Iraqi operation. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the new leader, and took the group to fight Syria's government in the civil war.

  • ISI to ISIS

    After gaining power fighting the government in Syria, Baghdadi, the new leader of the group decided to rename the group, ISIS, instead of ISI. The group now stood for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

  • Al Nusra Front refuses to join ISIS

    In 2013, Baghdadi, leader of ISIS offered to merge together with Al-Nusra Front, whom were affiliated with the Al Qaeda group. In 2014, Al Nursa Front declined the request. .

  • Al Qaeda re-joins ISIS

    After fighting with the Al Nursa Front group for months, Al Qaeda decided to re-join ISIS.

  • ISIS takes Mosul

    "In June 2014, ISIS took Mosul, a major city in northern Iraq." http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/ ISIS had already captured large parts of Syria and Iraq. "The United States began airstrikes against ISIS targets in both countries later that year."http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/

  • ISIS holding 3500 people as slaves

    According to a United Nations report, ISIS is holding 3500 people as slaves. The slaves consist mostly of women and children from the Yazidi community, though some are from other religious and ethnic minority groups.

  • Suicide Bombs in Baghdad

    "A suicide car bomb detonates in a busy shopping district in Baghdad, killing at least 292 people and injuring another 200. It is the deadliest single attack in Iraq since 2003. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack." http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/isis-fast-facts/