This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004 to 2006.
[1] Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces.
[2] Most of its members are former officers and soldiers of Saddam Hussein's regime under the then-ruling Iraqi regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party after its collapse in 2003.
[3] "Treasury Sanctions Major Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Leaders, Financial Figures, Facilitators, and Supporters".
Retrieved 17 July 2016.