Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province.

Iraq; Khurasan (Iran : Province)

Islamic State (IS) is a terrorist organization that formed in the early 2000s following the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Known by multiple other names including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the group splintered after coming under heavy attack from international coalition forces during the Syrian Civil War (2011– ). In 2015, one such splinter group coalesced in Pakistan, maintaining the Islamic State name but differentiating itself with the addition of the suffix “Khorasan Province.” This organization has since come to be known as IS-K, ISIS-K, or ISIL-K.