Ansar Bait al-Maqdis was linked withal-Qaeda. It operated in Sinai, focusing its efforts onEgypt andthe gas pipeline toJordan, with a handful attacks directed atIsrael. In mid-2013, it began a campaign of attacks on Egyptian security forces, and in November 2014 pledged allegiance to theIslamic State (IS).[5] Most of the group became abranch of IS, renaming itselfIslamic State - Sinai Province.
ABM was believed to have been the main group behind terrorist activity in the Sinai.[15] From September 2013 to late January 2014, ABM claimed responsibility for a rapid succession of mass scale attacks throughout Egypt, including the attempted assassination of theEgyptian interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim.[13] ABM recruitedBedouins as well as other Egyptians and people of other nationalities.[15] Ten leaders from the group were reported to have escaped from the Sinai toGaza andMarsa Matrouh in late 2013.[16]
During 2014, ABM sent emissaries to IS in Syria to seek financial support, weapons and tactical advice.[17] On 10 November 2014, many members of ABM took anoath of allegiance toAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS.[18] Following this pledge, IS supporters within ABM formed an official branch of IS in the region,[19][20] known as Wilayat Sinai, the Sinai Province of the Islamic State (or IS-SP).[13]
October 2013 attack on a military intelligence building inIsmailia.[28]
November 2013, assassination of Mohamed Mabrouk, a security officer involved in the trial againstMohamed Morsi, who was shot dead outside his home inNasr City.[29]
24 December 2013bombing of a police compound inMansoura, killing at least 16 people, including 14 police officers.[30]
31 January 2014, a rocket was launched from the Sinai Peninsula aimed atEilat, Israel. TheIron Dome system intercepted the rocket.[31]
20 January 2014 attack in Eilat. No damage or injuries were reported.[32]
23 January 2014 attack on a police checkpoint inBeni Suef that killed 5 people.[33]
25 January 2014 shooting down of a military helicopter in the Sinai.[36]
28 January 2014 assassination of Mohamed Al-Saied (who was a member of Egypt'sInterior Ministry).[37]
31 January 2014 attempted attack on Eilat. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome system.[38]
16 February2014 Taba bus bombing that killed four people, including three Korean tourists and an Egyptian bus driver.[39] The group warned all tourists to leave Egypt before 20 February 2014.[40]
2 May 2014 attacks that killed 3 people in the Sinai.[41]
on 19 July 2014 Ansar Bait al-Maqdis ambushed Egyptian army soldiers; this event is known as the2014 Farafra ambush.
on 28 August 2014 ABM released a video showing the beheading of 4 Egyptians accused of beingMossad spies and providing Israel with intelligence.[42]
late September 2014 killing of 6 security personnel.[43]
On 8 October 2014, a faction of ABM in the Gaza Strip, calling itself theIslamic State of Gaza, launched a bomb attack on the French Cultural Center in the city ofGaza, only to issue a statement several hours later denying any responsibility for the attack.[7]
ABM released a graphic propaganda video claiming responsibility for the24 October 2014 Sinai attacks that killed 28 soldiers northwest of the town ofArish. The group was also responsible for a drive-by shooting several hours later at a checkpoint in Arish that killed three soldiers.[44]
After November 2014, attacks by the group were claimed as those of ISIL-SP.
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Muslim Brotherhood