The ISE solution is made up of a deployment of nodes with three different personas: 1  Policy Administration Node (PAN) 2  Monitoring Node (MnT) 3  Policy Services Node (PAN) 4  pxGrid.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) The undefined region around Syria is historically referred to as the Levant (an archaic French phrase for the âlands of the rising sunâ), including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.
IS simply stands for the Islamic State, while ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIL is the acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which seems remarkably similar to ISIS. The differentiation between the word âSyriaâ and the word âLevantâ is actually quite significant, however, given the usage of the term by President Obama and his administration. âISIS and ISIL.