Islamic State – Algeria Province
| Islamic State – Algeria Province | |
|---|---|
| ولاية الجزائر Wilayah al-Jazair | |
Logo of the Islamic State's Algeria Province | |
| Leaders | Abdelmalek Gouri (September 2014 – December 2014) † Abdullah Othman al-Asimi (December 2014 – May 2015) † |
| Dates of operation | 14 September 2014 – 2016 |
| Active regions | Algeria |
| Ideology | Islamic Statism |
| Size | Fewer than 30 (Dec. 2014) |
| Part of | Islamic State |
| Opponents | Algeria Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Tunisia Western Sahara United Kingdom United States |
The Islamic State – Algeria Province (IS–AP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية الجزائر, romanized: ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayah al-Jazā’ir) was a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), active in Algeria. The group was formerly known as Jund al-Khilafah fi Ard al-Jazair (Arabic: جند الخلافة في أرض الجزائر, lit. 'Soldiers of the Caliphate in the land of Algeria or Caliphate Soldiers of Algeria). Originally a faction of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group split from AQIM and pledged alliance to IS in September 2014. The group received notoriety later in the same month for the kidnapping and beheading of French citizen Hervé Gourdel. After a subsequent campaign by Algerian authorities killed many of its members and leaders, the group significantly declined in activity and effectively dissolved after May 2015.