Editing Al-Qaeda (section)

===Affiliates===
Al-Qaeda has the following direct affiliates:
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*[[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] (AQAP)
*[[Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent]] (AQIS)
*[[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb]] (AQIM)
*[[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]]
*[[Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin]] (JNIM)
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The following are presently believed to be indirect affiliates of al-Qaeda:
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*[[Fatah al-Islam]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lebanon/u-s-designates-fatah-al-islam-terrorist-group-idUSN1334969020070813|date=August 13, 2007|title=U.S. designates Fatah al-Islam 'terrorist' group|work=Reuters|access-date=August 11, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216225141/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lebanon/u-s-designates-fatah-al-islam-terrorist-group-idUSN1334969020070813|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Islamic Jihad Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/04/islamic-jihad-union-conducts-joint-raid-with-the-taliban.php|last1=Roggio|first1=Bill|last2=Weiss|first2=Caleb|date=April 10, 2018|title=Islamic Jihad Union conducts joint raid with the Taliban|website=Long War Journal|access-date=August 11, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216225214/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/04/islamic-jihad-union-conducts-joint-raid-with-the-taliban.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]<ref name="cisac">{{Cite web|url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/jaish-e-mohammed|title=Jaish-e-Mohammed|date=July 2018|publisher=Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University|access-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717001529/https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/jaish-e-mohammed|archive-date=July 17, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/07/pakistan-charges-13-lashkar-e-taiba-leaders-under-anti-terrorism-act.php|last1=Roggio|first1=Bill|date=July 12, 2019|title=Pakistan charges 13 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders under Anti-Terrorism Act|website=Long War Journal|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216225208/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/07/pakistan-charges-13-lashkar-e-taiba-leaders-under-anti-terrorism-act.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Al-Qaeda's former affiliates include the following:

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*[[Abu Sayyaf]] (pledged allegiance to [[Islamic State|ISIL]] in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/375074/news/nation/biff-abu-sayyaf-pledge-allegiance-t-islamic-state-jihadists|title=BIFF, Abu Sayyaf pledge allegiance to Islamic State jihadists|work=GMA News Online|date=August 16, 2014|access-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>)
*[[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] (dissolved)
*[[Caucasus Emirate]] (dissolved)
*[[Hurras al-Din]] (dissolved in 2025)
*[[Jemaah Islamiyah]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gordon|first=David|year=2011|title=Jemaah Islamiyah|url=http://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/111101_Gordon_JemaahIslamiyah_WEB.pdf|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/111101_Gordon_JemaahIslamiyah_WEB.pdf|archive-date=October 9, 2022|url-status=live|journal=Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Program Transnational Threats Project|via=Center for Strategic & International Studies}}</ref> (dissolved in 2024)
*[[Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jesus|first1=Carlos Echeverria|date=March 2009|title=The Current State of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group|url=https://ctc.usma.edu/the-current-state-of-the-moroccan-islamic-combatant-group/|journal=CTC Sentinel|volume=2|issue=3|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216225208/https://ctc.usma.edu/the-current-state-of-the-moroccan-islamic-combatant-group/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (dissolved)
*[[Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)|Al-Mourabitoun]] (joined [[Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin|JNIM]] in 2017<ref name="JNIM">{{cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/03/analysis-al-qaeda-groups-reorganize-in-west-africa.php|last1=Joscelyn|first1=Thomas|date=March 13, 2017|title=Analysis: Al Qaeda groups reorganize in West Africa|website=Long War Journal|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025023808/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/03/analysis-al-qaeda-groups-reorganize-in-west-africa.php|url-status=live}}</ref>)
*[[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] (became the [[Islamic State of Iraq]], which later seceded from al-Qaeda and became [[Islamic State|ISIL]])
*[[Ansaru|Al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel]] (inactive since 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/program/electronic-jihad-nigeria-boko-haram-using-social-media/|title=Electronic Jihad in Nigeria: How Boko Haram Is Using Social Media|first1=Jacob|last1=Zenn|work=[[Jamestown Foundation]]|date=December 9, 2017|access-date=July 16, 2018|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716225757/https://jamestown.org/program/electronic-jihad-nigeria-boko-haram-using-social-media/|url-status=live}}</ref>)
*[[Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan|Ansar al-Islam]] (majority merged with [[Islamic State|ISIL]] in 2014)
*[[Ansar Dine]] (joined [[Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin|JNIM]] in 2017<ref name="JNIM"/>)
*[[Islamic Jihad in Yemen]] (became [[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula|AQAP]])
*[[Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa]] (merged with [[Al-Mulathameen]] to form [[Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)|Al-Mourabitoun]] in 2013)
*[[Rajah Sulaiman Movement]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Banlaoi|first1=Rommel C.|title=Media and Terrorism in the Philippines: The Rajah Solaiman Islamic Movement|journal=Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism|date=April 1, 2009|volume=4|issue=1|pages=64–75|doi=10.1080/18335300.2009.9686924|s2cid=144035702}}</ref>
*[[Al-Nusra Front]] (dissolved in 2017, merged with other Islamist organizations to form [[Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham]] and split ties){{div col end}}