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Jund al-Khilafah

February 24, 2020 JaK Country: kazakhstan

Jund al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate, JAK) was formed in mid-2011 by Kazakh citizens Renat Khabibuly, Orynbasarov Unasov, and Damir Nabiyev, and was headquartered in Pakistan’s tribal area. The group was dedicated to “waging a jihad on the territory of Kazakhstan.”[...]

Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia

January 30, 2020 Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Country: tunisia

Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia ("Supporters of Islamic Law in Tunisia") is a radical Islamist group that operates in Tunisia. In 2013, the group was estimated to have roughly 10,000 members. It has been listed as a terrorist group by the Tunisian[...]

Asaib Ahl al-Haq

January 30, 2020 AAH Country: iraq

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, also known as the Khazali Network, is an Iraqi Shi'a paramilitary group active in the Iraqi insurgency and Syrian Civil War. During the Iraq War it was known as Iraq's largest "Special Group" (the Americans' term for Iran-backed[...]

Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat

January 24, 2020 GSPC Country: algeria

The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, known by the French acronym GSPC (Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat) is an Algerian terrorist faction in the Algerian Civil War founded in 1998 by Hassan Hattab, a former regional commander[...]

Salafia Jihadia

January 17, 2020 Salafia Jihadia Country: morocco

Salafia Jihadia (al-Salafiya al-jihadiya) is a Salafi jihadist militant group based in Morocco and Spain with links to Al-Qaeda. The group is associated with the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), and in addition to a series of religiously sanctioned extrajudicial killings,[...]

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group

January 10, 2020 GICM Country: morocco

The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, known by the French acronym GICM (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain), is a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The GICM is one of several North African terrorist franchises spawned in Afghanistan during the tenure of[...]

Jamaat al Dawa al Quran

January 10, 2020 JDQ / Taliban Country: afghanistan

Jamaat al Dawa al Quran (JDQ, Society for the Call to the Quran), also known as Jama’at al-Da’wa ila al-Quran wal-Sunna (JDQS) and the Salafi Group, is a militant Islamist organisation operating in eastern Afghanistan. United States have declared and banned[...]