Islamic State – Sinai Province

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Islamic State affiliate militant jihadist group terrorist organization

Islamic State – Sinai Province is a militant jihadist group based in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that operates as a regional affiliate of the Islamic State organization.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Islamic State – Sinai Province canonical 2
ISIS-Sinai Province 1
ISIS-linked groups 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic State affiliate ⓘ
militant jihadist group ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
activeFrom 2011 ⓘ
2014 ⓘ
activePeriod 2011–present ⓘ
2014–present ⓘ
alliance Islamic State central leadership ⓘ
claimedResponsibilityFor Metrojet Flight 9268 bombing ⓘ
attacks on Egyptian security forces in North Sinai ⓘ
rocket attacks toward southern Israel ⓘ
conflict Egyptian crisis (2011–2014) ⓘ
Sinai insurgency ⓘ
surface form: Insurgency in Sinai
country Egypt ⓘ
dateOfNameChange 2014-11 ⓘ
dateOfPledgeOfAllegiance 2014-11 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristBy Canada ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formerName Ansar Bait al-Maqdis ⓘ
hasCellType clandestine militant cell ⓘ
ideology Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Sunni Islamism ⓘ
notableAttack October 2015 Metrojet Flight 9268 bombing ⓘ
operatingRegion North Sinai Governorate ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
parentOrganization Islamic State central leadership ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State – Central
partOf Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
pledgedAllegianceTo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
primaryOpponents Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ
Egyptian National Police ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian police

Hamas ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
targets Copts ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Christians

Egyptian security forces ⓘ
gas pipelines ⓘ
tourist infrastructure ⓘ
usesPropagandaChannel Islamic State media outlets ⓘ
usesTactic ambushes ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
rocket attacks ⓘ
suicide bombing ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → hasBranch → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
ISIS → hasBranch → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISIS-Sinai Province
Sinai insurgency → primaryAdversary → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
Sinai insurgency → relatedTo → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic State insurgency in Egypt
Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic State Sinai Province
Cabo Delgado Province → hasInsurgentGroupActivity → Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISIS-linked groups