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al-Qaeda
تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد
FounderOsama Bin Laden
LeadersOsama bin Laden † (1988–2011)
Ayman al-Zawahiri † (2011–2022)
Saif al-Adel (2022–present)
Dates of operation1988–present
Group(s)al-Qaeda Central (1988–present)

al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–2013, became Mujahideen Shura Council in January 2006)
Mujahideen Shura Council (January 2006–October 2006, became Islamic State of Iraq in October 2006)
Islamic State of Iraq (2006–2013)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2013–2014)
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2007–present)
al-Qaeda in Palestine (2008–present)
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (2009–present)
al-Qaeda in Somalia (2010–present)
al-Qaeda in the Levant (2012–2017, became Tahrir al-Sham in January 2017)
Tahrir al-Sham (alleged, 2017–present)
Al-Mourabitoun (2013–2015, joined AQIM in December 2015)
Jund al-Aqsa (2014–2017)
al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (2014–present)
Khorasan Group
al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
Imam Shamil Battalion
Guardians of Religion Organization (2018–present)
al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions
Al Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina
al-Qaeda in Mali
al-Qaeda in Spain

al-Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago
Active regionsWorldwide

Predominantly in the Middle East
Rebel group with current territorial control in:

IdeologySalafist jihadism[4][5]
Wahhabism
Qutbism[6]
Pan-Islamism[7][8]
Anti-Communism[9]
Anti-Zionism[10][11]
Antisemitism[10][11][12][13][14]
StatusVaries
AlliesState allies:

Non-state allies: