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Rebels fighting the governments of Iraq and Syria have set up their state. It is a caliphate (an Islamic ). The rebels are from the group ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). They are also called ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant). The state stretches from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in eastern Iraq. The have been fighting for that . ISIL put a online announcing the state. It said ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would be the of the new state, and that he would be " for Muslims ".

Wikipedia says ISIS thinks the state should be . It wants of Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, and Cyprus. It is a Sunni Muslim group and says the of Iraq and Syria dislike it. It had to Al Qaeda when it started but those links have been cut. Wikipedia said: "ISIS had links with al-Qaeda until 2014, but in February…al-Qaeda cut all ties with the group." Al Qaeda did not agree with on that have left dead. Iraq has received several military from Russia to help fight the rebels.

 
 

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