Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict

Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict
	Part of the War against the Islamic State, War on terror, Arab Winter, Syrian civil war, Iraqi conflict, and the Afghan conflict
Date	3 February 2014–present
Location	Various regions across the world
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Al-Qaeda Groups Al-Shabaab; AQAP; AQIS; AQIM; JNIM; Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen); Ansarul Sharia Pakistan; Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind; Ansaru; Lashkar al-Zil; Abdullah Azzam Brigades (until 2015); Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) (until 2016); Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (until 2017); Al-Nusra Front (2012–2017); Khorasan (until 2017); Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) (until 2017); Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya) (until 2018); AQSP (until 2018); Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) (until 2018); Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) (until 2019); Imam Shamil Battalion; (until 2019); Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia); (until 2022); AQMA ; (until 2024); Hurras al-Din; (until 2025); Supported By: ; Taliban; Jemaah Islamiyah (until 2024); Turkistan Islamic Party; Jama'at Ansar al-Islam; Jamaat Ansarullah ;	Islamic State Groups Algerian Province; (until 2016); Bengal Province ; (until 2020); Caucasus Province; Central Africa Province; Khorasan Province Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (2015–2016); Jundallah (Pakistan) (2014–2017); Mullah Dadullah Front (2015–2016); ; Libyan Province; (until 2022); Pakistan Province; Philippines Province Ansar Khalifa Philippines (until 2021); Maute Group; Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters; ; Sahil Province; Somalia Province; West Africa Province Boko Haram (until 2016); ; Yemen Province; East Asia Province; (until 2024) Jamaah Ansharut Daulah; Ajang Ajang group; Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid; East Indonesia Mujahideen (until 2022); Katibah Nusantara (until 2019); ; Sham Province Khalid ibn al-Walid Army (until 2018); ; Mozambique Province; Hind Province Jammu and Kashmir Province (until 2019); ; Islamic State - Turkey Province; Islamic State – Azerbaijan Province; Islamic State – Tunisia Province; (until 2022); Iraq Province (until 2013); Kurdistan Province (until 2024); Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade; (until 2019); Al-Khansaa Brigade (until 2017); Brussels Islamic State terror cell (until 2016); Islamic State - Saudi Arabia Province; (until 2017); Sinai Province (until 2023); Unorganized cells Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (until 2018); Die Wahre Religion (until 2016); Profetens Ummah; (until 2016); ;
Commanders and leaders
Ayman al-Zawahiri †; Saif al-Adel	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †; Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †; Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †; Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi †; Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Casualties and losses
	10,000+ killed

The Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between Al-Qaeda and its allied groups, and the Islamic State.