al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:AQAP
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb gptkb:al-Shabaab al-Qaeda in Iraq
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Ansar_al-Sharia_(Yemen)
gptkbp:designatedAsTerroristBy	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:European_Union gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enemyOf	gptkb:United_States gptkb:Yemeni_government gptkb:Saudi_government gptkb:Houthi_movement
gptkbp:founded	January 2009
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:crime donations kidnapping for ransom
gptkbp:goal	establish Islamic state in Arabian Peninsula overthrow Yemeni government
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Yemen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Khalid_Batarfi
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Inspire_magazine
gptkbp:motive	gptkb:war anti-Western sentiment establish caliphate
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:2012_Sana'a_bombing gptkb:2009_Christmas_Day_bombing_attempt gptkb:2013_Yemen_Ministry_of_Defence_attack gptkb:2015_Charlie_Hebdo_shooting
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Ibrahim_al-Asiri gptkb:Jamal_al-Badawi gptkb:Anwar_al-Awlaki gptkb:Said_al-Shihri
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_States_military gptkb:Yemeni_military gptkb:Houthi_forces Saudi military
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:al-Qaeda
gptkbp:previous_leader	gptkb:Nasir_al-Wuhayshi gptkb:Qasim_al-Raymi
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:Yemen
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom_–_Yemen
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5