The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, now formally dismissing “of Iraq and Syria” from its title, declared an Islamic state stretching from northeastern Iraq to Aleppo, Syria today.
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The declaration dubbed the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph—or political successor to the prophet Mohammed—a role that hasn’t been filled since 1924.
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