Daesh: UK government response

Daesh (also known as ISIL, Islamic State, or ISIS) is a terrorist group.

Organisations:: Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, Deputy Prime Minister's Office, Department for International Development, Home Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK is playing a leading role in the Global Coalition – a unified body of 83 partners committed to degrading and defeating Daesh through:

military action
stifling Daesh’s finances
preventing the flow of foreign terrorist fighters
supporting stabilisation efforts
degrading Daesh’s poisonous and false narrative

Daesh poses a threat to UK national security as it seeks to expand its terror network, using propaganda to radicalise and recruit citizens from the UK and across the world. The UK has a counter-terrorism strategy to prevent and disrupt plots against this country. Our comprehensive counter extremism strategy seeks to tackle the extremists who cause harm, create divisions in our communities and undermine the shared values of this country.

Find out more about the UK government's actions to counter Daesh.