It also proclaimed the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph and "leader for Muslims everywhere".wedding dress

Setting up a caliphate ruled by the strict Islamic law has long been a goal of many jihadists.

Meanwhile, Iraq's army continued an offensive to retake the northern city of Tikrit from the Isis-led rebels.

The city was seized by the insurgents on 11 June as they swept across large parts of northern-western Iraq.

In a separate development, Israel called for the creation of an independent Kurdish state in response to the gain made by the Sunni rebels in Iraq.
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Isis (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) announced the establishment of the caliphate in an audio recording posted on the internet.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters at a checkpoint the in Salahuddin province, Iraq Kurdish fighters are engaged in fierce battles with the militants in the north of the country
Iraqi families wait outside of a displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul 28 June 2014 Refugees have continued to pour into Iraqi Kurdistan to flee the fighting

It said the Islamic state would extend from Aleppo in northern Syria to Diyala province in eastern Iraq. valentino sale

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the group said, would become the leader of the state and would be known as "Caliph Ibrahim".

In the recording, the rebels also demanded that all Muslims "pledge allegiance" to the new ruler and "reject democracy and other garbage from the West".

Isis also said that from now on it would be known simply as "the Islamic State"..
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On Sunday, Iraqi government jets struck at rebel positions and clashes broke out in various parts of Tikrit, witnesses and officials said

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