The Islamic State (ISIS)

Founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 1999, and leaded by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it is really known today!

How was it founded
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, inspired by Osama's ideas that he decided to spread them to other Islamic states. And, in 1999, Abu Musab moved out of Afghanistan to Iraq and laid the foundation of what eventually grew into the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

What happened to al-Zarqawi
Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also the founder of ISIS, was killed in an American airstrike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad