Consolidated List · Al-Qaida
ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS)
- Reference
- QDe.163
- Type
- entity
- Committee
- Al-Qaida
- Listed on
- 2020-02-23
- Nationality
- -
- Address
- -
Also known as
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Greater Sahara (ISIL-GS), Islamic State of the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahara, ISIS in the Islamic Sahel
Narrative summary
Formed in May 2015 by Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui (QDi.415). Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). Splinter group of Al-Mourabitoun (QDe.141). Committed terrorist attacks in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
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