Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Islamic_State
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ISGS
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Insurgency_in_Niger gptkb:Jihadist_insurgency_in_Burkina_Faso gptkb:Sahel_War gptkb:Mali_War Insurgency in the Maghreb
gptkbp:designatedAsTerroristBy	gptkb:France gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:flag	black standard with white Arabic text
gptkbp:foundedYear	2015
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:crime smuggling ransoms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:French
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi
gptkbp:motive	establishing an Islamic caliphate
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Tongo_Tongo_ambush Inates attack
gptkbp:notableEvent	death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi in 2021
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Malian_Armed_Forces gptkb:United_States_Armed_Forces gptkb:French_Armed_Forces gptkb:Burkinabe_Armed_Forces gptkb:G5_Sahel_Joint_Force gptkb:Nigerien_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Islamic_State_–_West_Africa_Province
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	local populations disaffected youth
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Mali gptkb:Niger gptkb:Sahel
gptkbp:rival	gptkb:Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb gptkb:Jama'at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Al-Mourabitoun
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:target	gptkb:military_organization civilians government position
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb gptkb:Mali_War gptkb:Operation_Barkhane gptkb:Northern_Mali_conflict
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6