ISIS-Greater Sahara

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ISIS-Greater Sahara is a regional affiliate of the Islamic State operating primarily in the Sahel region of West Africa, known for insurgent and terrorist activities across countries like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
ISIS-Greater Sahara canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic State affiliate ⓘ
militant organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ISGS ⓘ
ISIS-Greater Sahara ⓘ
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Province ⓘ
Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya (Greater Sahara sector) ⓘ
areaOfActivity Liptako-Gourma region ⓘ
Mali–Burkina Faso border region ⓘ
Mali–Niger border region ⓘ
linked to: Mali–Niger border

Niger–Burkina Faso border region ⓘ
conflict Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso ⓘ
Jihadist insurgency in Niger ⓘ
Northern Mali conflict ⓘ
linked to: Mali War
countryOfOperation Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfFirstClaimedAttack 2016 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasEnemy al-Qaeda–aligned Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ⓘ
hasLeader Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi ⓘ
hasSplitFrom Al-Mourabitoun ⓘ
linked to: Al‑Mourabitoun
ideology Salafi jihadism ⓘ
notableAttack 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush ⓘ
notableTactic armed ambushes ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
suicide bombing ⓘ
village massacres ⓘ
opposes Burkinabé government ⓘ
French Armed Forces ⓘ
G5 Sahel Joint Force ⓘ
Malian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Mali

Nigerien government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Niger

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ⓘ
parentOrganization Islamic State ⓘ
recognizedAsProvinceOfIslamicState 2019 ⓘ
regionOfOperation Sahel ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
statusOfLeaderAdnanAbuWalidAlSahrawi killed ⓘ
target civilians ⓘ
local officials ⓘ
military forces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

ISIS → hasBranch → ISIS-Greater Sahara ⓘ
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara → alsoKnownAs → ISIS-Greater Sahara ⓘ
subject linked to: ISIS-Greater Sahara