Islamic State – Yemen Province

Yemen Province
Yemen Province
ولاية اليمن
	The logo of the Islamic State's Yemen Province
Leaders	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014-19) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019-22) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu Bilal al-Harbi †; (c. 2014 - March 2017 or earlier) ; Abu Osama al-Muhajir (POW) †; (March 2017-25 June 2019) (Killed in Syria in July 2023) Unknown (2024-?)
Dates of operation	13 November 2014–present
Headquarters	Yemen
Active regions	Yemen
Ideology	Salafism Islamism Salafist Jihadism; Wahabism; Yemeni Caliphate; Anti-Shi'ism;
Size	300 (June 2015); 250–500 (2018); 250 (2023)
Part of	Islamic State
Opponents	State opponents Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Non-state opponents Houthis; Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; Southern Movement;
Battles and wars	Yemeni Civil War

The Islamic State – Yemen Province (IS-YP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية اليَمَن, romanized: ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayat al-Yaman) is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), active in Yemen. IS announced the group's formation on 13 November 2014.

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