{"id":28622,"date":"2014-06-30T12:45:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T12:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=28622"},"modified":"2014-06-30T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:11:11","slug":"isis-rebels-declare-islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/isis-rebels-declare-islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Isis rebels declare ‘Islamic state’ in Iraq and 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<\/strong><\/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 Isis also said that from now on it would be known simply as “the Islamic State”.<\/p>\n