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A short chronology of the Islamic State group
March 2011 — Syrian conflict erupts following an uprising against President Bashar Assad that turns into an insurgency and eventually civil war, attracting scores of al-Qaida militants from Iraq. March 5, 2013 — Rebel factions including the Nusra Front take over Raqqa, a provincial capital in north-central Syria, the largest city to be wrested from Assad's government by rebels. January 2014 — Al-Baghdadi's forces sweep into Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in Iraq's Anbar province, which...
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