Ansar Bait al-Maqdis
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM; Arabic: أَنْصَارُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِس, romanized: Anṣār Bayt al-Maqdis, lit. 'Supporters of the Holy House'), or Ansar Al-Quds (lit. 'Supporters of Jerusalem'), was a jihadist, extremist terrorist group based in Sinai from 2011-14.
| Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis (ABM) | |
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| أنصار بيت المقدس | |
| Flag of Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis Logo of Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis | |
| Leaders | Waleed Waked (POW) Ibrahim Mohamed Freg † Shadi el-Manaei |
| Dates of operation | 2011–10 November 2014 |
| Headquarters | Sinai Peninsula |
| Active regions | Egypt Gaza Strip |
| Ideology | Ideology of Islamic State (since 2014)
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| Size | 1,000–2,000 (before merger with ISIL) |
| Allies | Al-Qaeda (formerly until 2014) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (present 2014) |
| Opponents | Egypt Israel Palestine Syria Al-Qaeda (from 2014) |
| Battles and wars | Sinai insurgency |
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis was linked to al-Qaeda from 2011 to 2014. It operated in the Sinai Peninsula, focused its efforts on Egypt and the gas pipeline to Jordan, with a handful attacks directed at Israel. In mid-2013, it began a campaign of attacks on Egyptian security forces, and in November 2014 the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Most of the group became a branch of ISIL, renaming itself ISIL-Sinai Province.
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