Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin

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Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a Mali-based jihadist coalition affiliated with al-Qaeda that operates across the Sahel region, conducting insurgent and terrorist activities in countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jihadist organization ⓘ
militant group ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
affiliation al‑Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ
alliance al‑Qaeda ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda
alternativeName Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims ⓘ
JNIM ⓘ
conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb ⓘ
Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts

Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso ⓘ
Northern Mali conflict ⓘ
linked to: Mali War
countryOfOperation Algeria ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
dateFounded 2017-03-02 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
emir Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Al‑Mourabitoun ⓘ
Ansar Dine ⓘ
Macina Liberation Front ⓘ
Sahara branch of al‑Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ
foundedIn Mali ⓘ
goal establishment of an Islamic state in the Sahel ⓘ
implementation of strict sharia law ⓘ
ideology Salafi jihadism ⓘ
leader Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ
opposes French military presence in the Sahel ⓘ
Malian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Mali

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ⓘ
partOf al‑Qaeda network ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda
regionOfOperation Sahel ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
spokesperson Abu Walid al‑Sahrawi ⓘ
usesLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Tamasheq ⓘ
usesTactic armed ambushes ⓘ
attacks on UN peacekeepers ⓘ
attacks on military bases ⓘ
hostage‑taking ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
suicide bombings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Insurgency in the Maghreb → hasJihadistGroup → Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ
Ansar al-Din → mergedInto → Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Ansar al-Din → partOf → Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Iyad Ag Ghaly → memberOf → Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Mali War → participant → Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
central Mali → hasMilitantGroupPresence → Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin → alternativeName → Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara → hasEnemy → al-Qaeda–aligned Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
subject linked to: ISIS-Greater Sahara
linked to: Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
Sahel conflicts → involvesNonStateActor → Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ