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.

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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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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