al-Qaeda
al-Qaeda - Council on Foreign Relations
al-Qaeda Core: a short history - Foreign Policy
al-Qaeda's Latest Rebranding - Wilson Center
al-Qaeda Organization & the Islamic State Organization - Strategic Studies Institute
Persistent Threat: The Evolution of Al Qa'ida & Other Salafi Jihadists - RAND
ISIS or ISIL
History of ISIS - International Business Times
ISIS Fast Facts - CNN
Timeline: Rise & Spread of the Islamic State - Wilson Center
Who, what and where is ISIL? Explaining the Islamic State - Aljazeera
IS
Islamic State - Council on Foreign Relations
Islamic State - RAND
Islamic State: Mapping Militant Organizations - Stanford University
What is 'Islamic State'? - BBC
Kurds
Kurdish People: Fast Facts - CNN
Time of the Kurds - Council on Foreign Relations
Who are the Kurds? - BBC
Who are the Kurds? - Aljazeera
Comparing Al Qaeda and ISIS: Different goals, different targets - Brookings
ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Daesh : What's the Difference? - International Business Times
al-Qaeda - a radical Islamist terrorist group whose origins stem from the Soviet war in Afghanistan
ISIS and ISIL - ISIS and ISIL are the same group translated slightly differently (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), ISIS is a radical Islamist terrorist group that splintered from al-Qaeda and is based in Syria
IS - (Islamic State) a radical Islamist terrorist group formed from ISIS/ISIL but broadening its geographic area worldwide, claims authority over all jihadist groups
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