Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya (historical designation context)

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Islamic State province former name jihadist administrative division

Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya is a former name used by the Islamic State for its West Africa–Sahel province, encompassing its operations in parts of the central Sahel region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya	0

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic State province ⓘ former name ⓘ jihadist administrative division ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ central Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Islamic State Sahel networks NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State West Africa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationFor	Islamic State activities in West Africa–Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State operations in parts of the central Sahel ⓘ
encompasses	Islamic State cells in parts of the central Sahel region ⓘ Islamic State operations in West Africa–Sahel theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingAuthority	Islamic State central shura (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Islamic State West Africa–Sahel Province NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa–Sahel Province of the Islamic State NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
isGeopoliticalDesignation	true ⓘ
isMilitaryDesignation	true ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
nameMeaning	Province of West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Islamic State NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State’s West Africa–Sahel structure NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToConcept	jihadist wilayat system ⓘ
securityContext	armed conflict in the Sahel ⓘ insurgency in West Africa ⓘ
status	former designation ⓘ
temporalQualifier	used during the period of Islamic State expansion in the Sahel ⓘ
usedByOrganization	Islamic State West Africa–Sahel affiliates NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State central leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInContext	Islamic State internal administrative mapping ⓘ Islamic State propaganda ⓘ

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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara → alsoKnownAs → Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya (historical designation context) ⓘ