Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen
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
Headquarters	Tinzaouaten
Active regions	Mali; Algeria; Niger; Libya; Mauritania; Tunisia; Chad; Burkina Faso;
Ideology	Salafi Jihadism
Size	2,000 (2022 estimate)
Part of	al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Allies	Ansar ul Islam; al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Opponents	Mali; Algeria; Tunisia; Niger; Libya; France; United States; Turkey; Islamic State in the Greater Sahara; Wagner Group; Russia
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
	Preceded by; Al-Mourabitoun; Ansar Dine; Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Sahara Branch); Macina Liberation Front

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]

In 2022, the Economist noted that JNIM is the fastest-growing terrorist group globally.^[10]

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