Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula
Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula
القاعدة في شبه جزيرة سيناء
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Leaders	Mohammed Eid Muslih Hamad (POW) (Unknown-2011); Ramzi Mowafi (2011-2014)
Dates of operation	5 August 2006 —present
Group(s)	Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt); Jamaat al-Murabiteen; Muhammad Jamal Network; Jund al-Islam; Military faction of al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya; Ansar al-Jihad in Sinai Peninsula; Nasr City Cell; Mimbar Sinai;
Headquarters	Rafah and Arish; Nasr City
Active regions	Sinai Peninsula, Egypt and Libya
Ideology	Salafist jihadism; Anti-Zionism; Antisemitism;
Size	Under 40 (2011 Egypt estimate); 7,000-9,000 fighters (2013 estimates by Debkafile) 1,000 (2018 estimate by the Council on Foreign Relations)
Part of	Al-Qaeda
Allies	State allies Qatar (alleged); Non-state allies Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula;
Opponents	State opponents United States; Egypt; Israel; Palestine (Gaza Strip); Non-state opponents Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades; ;
Battles and wars	Egyptian crisis (2011–2014); Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present); Sinai insurgency; Global War on Terrorism

Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula (Arabic: القاعدة في شبه جزيرة سيناء, romanized: al-Qā‘idah fī shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ), or AQSP, is an Egyptian militant jihadist organization possibly formed by a merger between al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai and Ansar al Jihad. It was Al-Qaeda's branch in the Sinai peninsula, and is composed of many Al-Qaeda factions in the area. AQSP made international headlines in November 2014 when the organization pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in a nine-minute audio speech released on Twitter.

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