Yahoo

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal

BAGHDAD (AP) — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and ...
The Conversation

What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution

An image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died on Oct. 26, 2019.. Department of Defense via AP Just days after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Oct. 27, the Islamic State named ...
Business Wire

Islamic State Caliphate Shrinks a Further 12 Percent in 2016, IHS Says

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Territory controlled by the Islamic State shrunk by 12 percent in the first six months of 2016, according to new analysis released today by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading ...
Washington Examiner

Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

CAIRO (AP) — By declaring the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, the extremist group that controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq is claiming to be the successor of the political and religious ...
Business Wire

Islamic State Territory Down 60 Percent and Revenue Down 80 Percent on Caliphate’s Third Anniversary, IHS Markit Says

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three years after Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the ‘Caliphate’, the group has lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue, ...
NPR

Bush Administration Misuses the Word 'Caliphate'

Bush Administration Misuses the Word 'Caliphate'Historian and commentator James Reston, Jr. takes issue with the recent use of the word caliphate. As part of our ongoing series of commentaries on the ...
The Hour

Successors to the prophet: Islam's caliphates

CAIRO (AP) -- By declaring the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, the extremist group that controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq is claiming to be the successor of the political and religious ...