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Islamic State – Sinai Province
Branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Islamic State – Sinai Province (IS-SP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية سيناء, al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayah Sīnāʼ) [8] was a branch of the terrorist Islamist group Islamic State that was active in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
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ولاية سيناء (Wilayah Sīnāʼ) | |
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Leaders | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014-2019) † (Leader of ISIL) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019-2022) † (Leader of ISIL) Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022–2022) † (Leader of ISIL) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023) † (Leader of ISIL) Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of ISIL) Abu Hajar al-Hashemi (governor/wali) Abu Osama al-Masri †[1] Ashraf Ali Hassanein Gharabali †[2] |
Dates of operation | 13 November 2014 – 2023 |
Country | Egypt |
Headquarters | Sinai Peninsula |
Active regions | Egypt |
Ideology | Salafism Salafi jihadism Wahhabism Qutbism |
Size | 1,000–1,500 (2015)[3] ~1,000 (2023)[4] |
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Battles and wars | Sinai insurgency Gaza-Israel conflict |
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