Islamic State – Sinai Province
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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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Sinai Province | |
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ولاية سيناء (Wilayah Sīnāʼ) | |
Leaders | 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 – present |
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] |
Part of | Islamic State |
Opponents | Egypt Israel United States Palestine Jund al-Islam |
Battles and wars | Sinai insurgency Gaza-Israel conflict |
Designated as a terrorist group by | Australia[5] Malaysia[6] Qatar[7] |
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