{"id":15150,"date":"2014-06-30T08:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T08:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rebels-declare-islamic-state-in-iraq-syria\/"},"modified":"2014-06-30T08:10:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T08:10:17","slug":"rebels-declare-islamic-state-in-iraq-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rebels-declare-islamic-state-in-iraq-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels Declare ‘Islamic State’ in Iraq &Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Jihadist militant group Isis has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.}}<\/p>\n

It also proclaimed the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph and “leader for Muslims everywhere”.<\/p>\n

Setting up a state governed under strict Islamic law has long been a goal of many jihadists. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iraq’s army continued an offensive to retake the northern city of Tikrit from the Isis-led rebels.<\/p>\n

The city was seized by the insurgents on 11 June as they swept across large parts of northern-western Iraq.<\/p>\n

In a separate development, Israel called for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in response to the gain made by the Sunni rebels in Iraq.<\/p>\n

{{Allegiance demand}}<\/p>\n

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) announced the establishment of the caliphate in an audio recording posted on the internet on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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{Isis militants said they would now want to be known as “the Islamic State”}
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