Iraq's largest Christian town has been overrun ISIS militants, the French government confirmed.
ISIS - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
A terorist group are located in Iraq and Syria
Islamic state in Iraq and Syria
A terorist group are located in Iraq and Syria
Iraq refers to the entire nation and is a Republic with numerous representatives from different regions. ISIL refers to the paramilitary organization operating in the Sunni-majority areas of Iraq and Syria and that controls a large swath of territory in both. The Government of Iraq and ISIL are currently in a state of war.
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They did take control of that area.
Iraq and Syria
ISOL is a another acronym for ISIS. ISIS/ISOL is the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham ("Greater Syria"). The terrorist organization now trying to take over Syria and Iraq. There are other meanings for ISOL but this is the most topical one.
Islamic State is the successor organization to al-Qaeda Iraq when that organization split off from al-Qaeda and decided to create a paramilitary state in northeastern Syria in 2013 and then allied with the former Baathists in Iraq to conquer a large swath of the Iraqi northwest in 2014.
President Obama has already ordered attacks against Islamic State/ISIS targets inside Iraq, and his administration is looking into the feasibility of attacks against targets of the same terrorist group in Syria.
In recent decades, ISIS (ISIL) has destroyed Christian monasteries in Syria & Iraq. They have killed numerous Christians too.