| Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya in the Sinai | |
| Native Name: | السلفية الجهادية في سيناء |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Founder: | Mohammed Al-Zawahiri |
| Active: | 2012-Present |
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| Opponents: |  Israel Egypt |
Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya in the Sinai (ar|السلفية الجهادية في سيناء|translit=al-Salafīyah al-jihādīyah fī Sīnāʼ|lit=Salafi Jihadist Movement in the Sinai) is an Egyptian jihadist militant organization.
Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya in the Sinai was established in 2012 by Mohammed al-Zawahiri,[1] it was created in order to fight Egyptian Security Forces and Israeli forces in the Sinai and Gaza Strip.[2]
The group, and many other groups in the Sinai Peninsula, had ties with Al-Qaeda,[3] and was one of the many groups who committed terrorist attacks on civilians and Egyptian Armed Forces during many periods of terrorist attacks in the Sinai in 2012 through 2013.[4]
Ever since the creation of the militant group, Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya has battled Egyptian Forces and Israeli Forces in-and-out the Gaza strip,[5] but it is mostly considered a lone group since both the Salafist organizations, Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade and the PIJ don't fully recognize themselves an ally of Al-Salafiya Al-Jihadiya in the Sinai.[6]