--- description: The vast majority of attacks took place in Iraq and Syria title: ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months, Says IHS Jane's Database image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc67cb4bf00e4c58d/69886954a988ca57546b4ea2/gettyimages-457549044.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Terrorism](/tag/terrorism/) ## Terrorism Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months, Says IHS Jane's Database by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 8:53 AM CUT  An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People's Protection Unit (YPG) position on Oct .20, 2014, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People's Protection Unit (YPG) position on Oct .20, 2014, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey.Gokhan Sahin—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 8:53 AM CUT The number of average daily attacks carried out by ISIS worldwide jumped 42 percent over the past three months, according to new data published Thursday. IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre recorded a total of 1,086 ISIS attacks worldwide between July 1 and Sept. 30 — and the average daily number of attacks jumped to 11.8 from 8.3 in the preceding quarter. The true number of attacks was likely “far higher,” according to IHS, because the data only included operations claimed by the militants or definitively linked to them by governments. The average daily death toll also jumped significantly over… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._ ](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-attacks-soared-past-3-months-ihs-janes-database-n448401?cid=par-time%5F20151022 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/"},"headline":"ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months, Says IHS Jane's Database","datePublished":"2015-10-22T08:53:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:59:25.188Z","description":"The vast majority of attacks took place in Iraq and Syria","url":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/","keywords":["Terrorism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc67cb4bf00e4c58d/69886954a988ca57546b4ea2/gettyimages-457549044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc67cb4bf00e4c58d/69886954a988ca57546b4ea2/gettyimages-457549044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Syrian Kurds Battle IS To Retain Control Of Kobani","caption":"Syrian Kurds Battle IS To Retain Control Of Kobani","creditText":"Gokhan Sahin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/terrorism/","name":"Terrorism"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/","name":"ISIS Attacks Soared in Past 3 Months, Says IHS Jane's Database"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What the ISIS Flag Says About the Militant Group","description":"The black and white standard of the Sunni militants gives some insight into how the group sees itself","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QFjP70IG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-17T14:21:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QFjP70IG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4082916/isis-attacks-increase-data/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```