Back أنصار بيت المقدس Arabic انصار بيت المقدس ARZ আনসারু বাইতিল মাকদিস Bengali/Bangla ئەنسار بەیت ئەلمەقدیس CKB Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Spanish Anşār Bayt al-Maqdis Estonian انصار بیتالمقدس Persian Ansar Bait al-Maqdis ID Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Portuguese Ensar Beytu'l Makdis Turkish
| Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis (ABM) | |
|---|---|
| أنصار بيت المقدس | |
 Flag of Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis .png) Logo of Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis | |
| Leaders | Waleed Waked (POW)[1] Ibrahim Mohamed Freg †[2] Shadi el-Manaei[3] |
| Dates of operation | 2011–10 November 2014[4] |
| Headquarters | Sinai Peninsula |
| Active regions |  Egypt Gaza Strip[5][6] |
| Ideology | Ideology of Islamic State (since 2014) |
| Size | 1,000[7]–2,000[8] (before merger with ISIL) |
| Allies |  Al-Qaeda (formerly until 2014) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (present 2014)[9] |
| Opponents | Egypt Israel[6] Palestine Syria Al-Qaeda (from 2014) |
| Battles and wars | Sinai insurgency |
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM; Arabic: أَنْصَارُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِس, romanized: Anṣār Bayt al-Maqdis, lit. 'Supporters of the Holy House'[10]), or Ansar Al-Quds[11] (lit. 'Supporters of Jerusalem'), was a jihadist, extremist terrorist group based in Sinai from 2011-14.
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis was linked to al-Qaeda from 2011 to 2014. It operated in the Sinai Peninsula, focused its efforts on Egypt and the gas pipeline to Jordan, with a handful attacks directed at Israel. In mid-2013, it began a campaign of attacks on Egyptian security forces, and in November 2014 the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[4] Most of the group became a branch of ISIL, renaming itself ISIL-Sinai Province.
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- ^ "North Sinai tribal leader kills 4 Islamist militants". Mada Masr. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Militant Group in Egypt Vows Loyalty to ISIS". New York Times. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries -- NYMag". Daily Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ a b "IS claims responsibility for Gaza's French Cultural Centre blast, reports". Middle East Eye. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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- ^ "Will ISIS find fertile ground in Egypt's Sinai? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Jihadist group claims responsibility for Israel attack". Daily News Egypt. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Egyptian tanks, helicopters push through Sinai". Times of Israel. 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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