Sentences with phrase «proclaimed caliph»

On August 29, 2014, the Sunni terrorist group Islamic State — which has also been termed as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (EIIS) and Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (EIIL)-- also known by the acronym EI, announced that its leader, Abu A-Bagdhadi, had self - proclaimed caliph of the region located to the northwest of Iraq and part of central Syria.