Consolidated List · Al-Qaida
ISLAMIC STATE WEST AFRICA PROVINCE (ISWAP)
- Reference
- QDe.162
- Type
- entity
- Committee
- Al-Qaida
- Listed on
- 2020-02-23
- Nationality
- -
- Address
- -
Also known as
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – West Africa (ISIL-WA), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – West Africa (ISIS-WA), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province (ISISWAP), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – West Africa
Narrative summary
Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). Formed in March 2015 by Abubakar Shekau (QDi.322). Splinter group of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) (QDe.138). Committed terrorist attacks in Nigeria INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
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