AQAP ORGANIZATION Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) formed in January 2009 as a merger between the Yemeni and Saudi al Qaeda branches. Operatives wo...
AQIM ORGANIZATION Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is al Qaeda’s premier affiliate in northern and western Africa. It originally formed from the Alge...
ATMIS ORGANIZATION The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is a peacekeeping mission operated by the AU in Somalia under a UN mandate. It su...
Afghan National Security Forces ORGANIZATION The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) include the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and Afghan Air Force.
Afghan Taliban ORGANIZATION The Afghan Taliban is a Sunni insurgent group in Afghanistan. Currently, their leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. From 1996 to 2001...
Ahlu Sunna wa al Jama’a (Somalia) ORGANIZATION Ahlu Sunna wa al Jama'a (ASWJ) is a primarily Sufi paramilitary group opposed to al Shabaab. Its members took up arms against al Shabaab ...
Al Shabaab ORGANIZATION Al Shabaab is al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia and operates primarily out of the country’s southern and central regions. The group is figh...
Ansar al Din ORGANIZATION Ansar al Din is a militant Islamist group in Mali and associated with AQIM. Ansar al Din has received support from AQIM.
Ansar al Sharia Libya ORGANIZATION Ansar al Sharia is a Salafi-jihadi group established during the 2011 Libyan revolution that is part of al Qaeda’s network in Libya. Ansar...
Ansaru ORGANIZATION Jama’at Ansar al Muslimin fi Bilad al Sudan, commonly known as Ansaru, was founded in 2012 and operated through 2013. Former Boko Haram l...
Arab Movement of Azawad (Rebel) ORGANIZATION The Arab Movement of Azawad is a movement for Arab self-defense in Azawad. The group split into two factions, MAA-Bamako (MAA-B), which f...
al Qaeda ORGANIZATION The al Qaeda network is adaptive, complex, and resilient. Today, it has a formal organizational structure, with the core group at its hea...
al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent ORGANIZATION On September 3, 2014, Ayman al Zawahiri announced the establishment of a new Pakistan-based affiliate that would oversee operations in th...
