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Question 8

In Arabic, the name of the group is ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām. As-Shām has been translated two different ways, leading to two different acronyms for Islamic State, ISIS and ISIL. What TWO THINGS do the "S" and the "L" stand for in these acronyms?

Syria, the Levant

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