ISIS-K

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ISIS‧K

Proper noun

ISIS-K

1. Abbreviation of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Khorasan / Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Khorasan: Daesh-Khorasan

   Synonyms: IS-K, ISIL-K, Daesh-Khorasan

   Coordinate terms: ISIS, Khorasan, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

   • 2021 September 1, Michael D. Shear, Jim Tankersley, “Biden Defends Afghan Pullout and Declares an End to Nation-Building”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Instead, the president sought to justify his handling of the final weeks of the war, saying that the U.S. military and its diplomats deserved credit and thanks for ferrying out more than 120,000 Americans and Afghan allies in the face of the Taliban takeover and terrorist threats from ISIS-K, an affiliate of the Islamic State.

Anagrams

• skiis