Islamic State provinces (wilayat)

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Islamic State provinces (wilayat) are regional branches of the Islamic State group that operate under its overarching ideology and strategic direction while conducting local governance and insurgent or terrorist activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic State administrative division
militant organization branch
aimsTo expand Islamic State caliphate
impose Islamic State interpretation of sharia
alsoKnownAs IS provinces
ISIL provinces
ISIS provinces
Islamic State wilayat
basedOnConceptFrom Islamic jurisprudence
claimsAllegianceTo Islamic State caliph
coordinatedBy Islamic State central media apparatus
followsIdeology Salafi jihadism
global jihadism
fundedBy external donations
local taxation and extortion
smuggling and criminal activity
geographicScope Afghanistan and Pakistan
Caucasus region
Central Africa
Libya
Middle East
Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin
North Africa
Philippines and surrounding areas
Sinai Peninsula
South Asia
Southeast Asia
West Africa
Yemen
governedBy Islamic State central shura
hasActivity armed insurgency
guerrilla warfare
implementation of Islamic State legal codes
propaganda dissemination
recruitment
shadow governance
taxation and extortion
terrorist attacks
training of fighters
hasCharacteristic designated terrorist entity by many states
networked transnational structure
non-state armed actor
use of asymmetric warfare
use of improvised explosive devices
use of online propaganda
use of suicide bombings
varying levels of control over territory
hasNotableProvince Islamic State – Barqa Province
Islamic State – Caucasus Province
Islamic State – Central Africa Province
Islamic State – East Asia Province
Islamic State – Fazzan Province
Islamic State – Iraq Province
Islamic State – Khorasan Province
Islamic State – Libya Province
Islamic State – Sahel Province
Islamic State – Sinai Province
Islamic State – Somalia Province
Islamic State – Tripoli Province
Islamic State – West Africa Province
Islamic State – Yemen Province
Islamic State – al-Sham (Syria) Province
hasOrganizationalStructure administrative departments
courts
media office
military units
religious police
security apparatus
shura council
linked to: Shura council

wali (provincial governor)
hasRole insurgent actor
local governance structure
regional branch of Islamic State
terrorist actor
hasStatus decentralized network of affiliates
varying degrees of operational autonomy
partOf Islamic State
recruitsFrom foreign fighters
local populations
subordinateTo Islamic State central leadership
targets civilians
religious minorities
rival armed groups
state security forces
timePeriod established after 2013 expansion of Islamic State
usesConcept wilayah
usesLanguage Arabic
usesMediaBranding Islamic State logos and flags

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Islamic State central leadership influences Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) notableCommander Islamic State local emirs (various)
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis partOf Islamic State’s network of provinces after 2014
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Shura council authorityOver Islamic State provincial leadership (wilayat) in strategic matters
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Islamic State provinces alsoKnownAs ISIL provinces
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)