Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (AQS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:activeIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkb:Sahel_region
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Jama'at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin_(JNIM)
gptkbp:designation militant
gptkbp:enemyOf Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)
gptkbp:formedBy regional Al-Qaeda affiliates
gptkbp:goal establish Islamic rule in the Sahel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (AQS)
gptkbp:ideology Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:leader Iyad Ag Ghaly (through JNIM)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_Nations_peacekeepers
French military presence in the Sahel
governments of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
gptkbp:partOf Al-Qaeda
gptkbp:tactics guerrilla warfare
terrorist attacks
kidnapping for ransom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Islamism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5