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Rebels that are [fought / fighting] the governments of Iraq and Syria have set up their [own / down] state. It is called a caliphate, an Islamic [national / nation] . The rebels are from the group ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The group is also [called / naming] ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant). The [new / newly] declared state stretches from Aleppo in the north of Syria to Diyala in eastern Iraq. That is the [areas / area] under the control of the rebels who have [done / been] fighting government troops in both countries. ISIL put a [recorded / recording] statement online on Sunday [announcing / announced] the new state. It said ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would be "the caliph" (the head of the state) and that he would also be "leader [for / from] Muslims everywhere".

Wikipedia says ISIS leaders [thinking / think] their state should be bigger. They also want [parts / parties] of Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, southern Turkey, and Cyprus. Its members are [large / largely] Sunni Muslims who say they are disliked [of / by] the governments of Iraq and Syria. It was linked to Al Qaeda when it first started but those [linking / links] have been cut. Wikipedia said: "ISIS had [near / close] links with al-Qaeda until 2014, but in February of that year, after an eight-month power [straggle / struggle] , al-Qaeda cut all ties with the group." Reports are that Al Qaeda did not [argue / agree] with attacks on civilians that have [led / fed] to thousands of deaths. Iraq has received [several / numeral] military jets from Russia to help fight the rebels.