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‘Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) (alias: (a) Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS); (b) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS); (c) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Greater Sahara (ISIL-GS); (d) Islamic State of the Greater Sahel; (e) ISIS in the Greater Sahel; (f) ISIS in the Greater Sahara; (g) ISIS in the Islamic Sahel). Other information: Formed in May 2015 by Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui. Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq). Splinter group of Al-Mourabitoun. Committed terrorist attacks in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 23.02.2020.’
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-18 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.