Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_State_Greater_Sahara_(ISGS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:activeYearsStart	2015
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Islamic_State_(IS)
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara gptkb:ISGS
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Mali_War gptkb:Burkina_Faso_insurgency Insurgency in the Sahel Niger insurgency
gptkbp:designation	gptkb:France gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States militant
gptkbp:flag	black standard with white Arabic text
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi
gptkbp:fundedBy	smuggling ransoms illegal taxation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS)
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:French local languages
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Tongo_Tongo_ambush
gptkbp:notableEvent	death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi in 2021
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Mali gptkb:Niger
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Malian_Armed_Forces gptkb:United_States_Armed_Forces gptkb:French_Armed_Forces gptkb:Burkinabe_Armed_Forces gptkb:Nigerien_Armed_Forces gptkb:United_Nations_peacekeepers
gptkbp:parentOrganization	Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP)
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	local populations in Sahel
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:Sahel_region
gptkbp:rival	gptkb:Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb_(AQIM) gptkb:Jama'at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin_(JNIM)
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Al-Mourabitoun
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:target	gptkb:military_organization civilians government position
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Islamic_State_West_Africa_Province_(ISWAP)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7