Entity record

ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS)Organization

Source-verifiedReflects UN Security Council Consolidated Listobserved not an issuing authority

ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS) appears on the UN Security Council Consolidated List, designated by UN Security Council under program Al-Qaida; reflected as observed on 2026-08-04.

Sanctions

Also known as

  • Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS)
  • Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS)
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Greater Sahara (ISIL-GS)
  • Islamic State of the Greater Sahel
  • ISIS in the Greater Sahel
  • ISIS in the Greater Sahara
  • ISIS in the Islamic Sahel

Designations

Reason for listing

Per UN Security Council (listed ):

QDe.163 — Formed in May 2015 by Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui (QDi.415). Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). Splinter group of Al-Mourabitoun (QDe.141). Committed terrorist attacks in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities (official source)

Key properties

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
UN Security Council Consolidated ListSanctions list
United Nations Security Council
un_sc_sanctions@2026-08-046a9d1dcc70ab7731List version (signing pending)

About these sources

The UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, maintained by the UN Secretariat on behalf of the Council's active sanctions regimes (Al-Qaida/ISIL, Taliban, DPRK, Iran non-proliferation, and multiple country regimes). UN member states are treaty-bound to implement these designations, and most national sanctions lists mirror them.

What a match means: A match is a binding multilateral UN Security Council designation — one of the most authoritative sanctions signals available; escalate immediately.

First observed ; last confirmed present in UN Security Council Consolidated List list version un_sc_sanctions@2026-08-04, observed .

Source: United Nations Security Council Consolidated List (scsanctions.un.org), used under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

This page reflects the official UN Security Council Consolidated List, version un_sc_sanctions@2026-08-04, as observed on 2026-08-04. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

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How to cite this page

ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS). ProofAML. This page reflects the official UN Security Council Consolidated List, version un_sc_sanctions@2026-08-04, as observed on 2026-08-04. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/organizations/islamic-state-in-the-greater-sahara-isgs-nk69ba2401/

Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /data/entities/69.json (record key nk69ba2401)