29 June 2014
●Declaration of the "caliphate"
PartiesArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)Iraq / Saddam Hussein
On 29 June 2014 ISIS proclaimed the "caliphate" and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph, dropping "Iraq and Syria" from its name; five weeks later the organisation and the Nusra Front stormed Arsal.