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Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

JNIM is a Salafi-jihadist organization operating in the Maghreb and West Africa that was formed through the merger of Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun, Katiba Macina (Macina Liberation Front/FLM), and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Ansar Allah (Houthi Movement)

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are a Zaydi revivalist and Islamist political and military organization that emerged in Yemen in the 1990s.

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Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)

ISIS-K is an Islamic State affiliate operating in the “Khorasan region” described as comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. It is also described as an Afghanistan-based offshoot of ISIS.

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Hezbollah

The group also employs thematic titles such as “Islamic Resistance in Lebanon” and “The Resistance” to reinforce its identity as the vanguard of armed struggle against Israel and Western influence.

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The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)

Also known as Islamic State–Central Africa Province (IS‐CAP).

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Boko Haram

Also known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) or the People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad.

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Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

Ansar Allah (Houthi Movement)

Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)

Hezbollah

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)

Boko Haram

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