Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
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Not to be confused with Jama'atu Nasril Islam.
Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (Arabic: جماعة نصرة الإسلام والمسلمين, JNIM; French: Groupe de soutien à l'islam et aux musulmans, GSIM;[7] lit. ' Support Group for Islam and Muslims') is a militant jihadist organisation in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.[8] Its leaders swore allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri.[9]
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Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen | |
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Groupe de soutien à l'islam et aux musulmans | |
Leaders | Iyad Ag Ghaly |
Dates of operation | 2 March 2017 – present |
Allegiance | Al-Qaeda Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[1] |
Headquarters | Tinzaouaten[2] |
Active regions | Mali Algeria Niger Libya Mauritania Tunisia Chad Burkina Faso |
Ideology | Salafi Jihadism |
Size | 2,000 (2022 estimate)[3] |
Part of | al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb |
Allies | Ansar ul Islam[4] al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[5] |
Opponents | Mali Algeria Tunisia Niger Libya France United States Turkey Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
Battles and wars | the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present) and the Northern Mali conflict |
Designated as a terrorist group by | United Nations United States United Kingdom France Russia China Japan Canada Australia European Union NATO Iraq[6] |
Preceded by Al-Mourabitoun Ansar Dine Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Sahara Branch) Macina Liberation Front |
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In 2022, the Economist noted that JNIM is the fastest-growing terrorist group globally.[10]