Wilayat Sinai (ISIS affiliate)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wilayat_Sinai_(ISIS_affiliate)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:activeIn	gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Sinai_Province ISIS-Sinai
gptkbp:countryOfOperation	gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:declaredAllegianceTo	gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:designation	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Egypt gptkb:European_Union gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States militant
gptkbp:formerName	Ansar Beit al-Maqdis
gptkbp:foundedYear	2014
gptkbp:fundedBy	smuggling foreign support ransoms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wilayat Sinai (ISIS affiliate)
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Abu_Osama_al-Masri
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:motive	establishing an Islamic caliphate
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:2015_Metrojet_Flight_9268_bombing attacks on Egyptian security forces
gptkbp:notableEvent	attacks on Coptic Christian churches attacks on gas pipelines to Israel and Jordan claimed responsibility for 2015 Metrojet bombing numerous attacks on Egyptian security forces pledged allegiance to ISIS in November 2014
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Israel_Defense_Forces gptkb:United_States gptkb:Egyptian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Multinational_Force_and_Observers
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:South_Sinai_Governorate gptkb:North_Sinai_Governorate
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Israel gptkb:Egyptian_military gptkb:Coptic_Christians tourists
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sinai_insurgency
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6