Template:Infobox war faction/doc

A war faction infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular faction participating in a war; it should not be used for regular military units and formations (which should use {{infobox military unit}} instead). The infobox should be added using the {{infobox war faction}} template, as shown below:

Usage

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Leaders	{{{leaders}}}
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Part of	{{{partof}}}
Allies	{{{allies}}}
Opponents	{{{opponents}}}
Battles and wars	{{{battles}}}
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Colours	{{{colours}}}
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Basic usage

Full usage

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Example

Al-Qaeda
القاعدة‎
Flag used by various al-Qaeda factions
Leaders	Osama bin Laden † (1988–2011) Ayman al-Zawahiri † (2011–2022) Saif al-Adel (de facto; 2022–)
Dates of operation	11 August 1988 – present
Group(s)	Al-Shabaab AQAP AQIS Hurras al-Din AQIM JNIM Former groups AQI (2004–2006) ISI (2006–2013) Al-Nusra Front (2012–2017)
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Pan-Islamism Qutbism Jihadism Muslim unity Sunni–Shia alliance Islamic fundamentalism Anti-Americanism Anti-communism Anti-imperialism Antisemitism Anti-Western imperialism Anti-Zionism Factions: Wahhabism Salafism Salafi jihadism Anti-shi'ism (alleged, officially denied)
Size	In Afghanistan: 800 (2018) In the Maghreb: 1,000–5,000 (2015) In Yemen: 3,000 (2022) In Somalia: 7,000–12,000 (2023) In Syria: 1,000–3,000 (2019)
Allies	State allies: Sudan (1989–1996) Afghanistan (1996–2001, 2021–present) Iran (alleged, denied) Pakistan (alleged, denied) Qatar (alleged, denied) Saudi Arabia (alleged, denied) North Korea (alleged) Non-state allies: Ansar al-Islam Egyptian Islamic Jihad Boko Haram (until 2015) Pakistani Taliban Turkistan Islamic Party Hamas (sometimes) Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Jemaah Islamiyah Houthis (sometimes) Taliban Haqqani network Hezbollah (sometimes)
Opponents	State opponents: Iran (sometimes) Iraq Lebanon Syria United States United Kingdom France Israel India Russia Yemen Saudi Arabia Turkey China Afghanistan (1988–1992, 2002–2021) Soviet Union (1988–1989) Non-state opponents: Islamic State Hezbollah (sometimes) Houthis (sometimes) Peshmerga YPG Southern Movement Southern Transitional Council
Battles and wars	War on Terror In Afghanistan Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Battle of Jalalabad (1989) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) In Tajikistan Civil war in Tajikistan In Chechnya Second Chechen War In Yemen al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) In the Maghreb Maghreb insurgency Northern Mali conflict In Iraq Iraq War Iraqi insurgency In Pakistan Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Somalia Somalia War (2006–2009) Somali Civil War (2009–present) In Syria Syrian Civil War Military intervention against ISIL American-led intervention in Syria In Egypt Sinai insurgency Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) In India Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Designated as a terrorist group by	See below

{{Infobox war faction
| name             = Al-Qaeda
| native_name      = {{Script|Arabic|القاعدة}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| war              = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}} |{{Plainlist|
* [[War on Terror]]
* [[Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)|Afghanistan conflict]]
* [[War in North-West Pakistan]]
* [[Somali Civil War]]
* [[Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)|Insurgency in the Maghreb]]
* [[Iraq War]]
* [[Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)|Iraqi insurgency]]
* [[Yemeni Civil War]]
* [[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda|other conflicts]]
}}
}}
| image            = Flag of Jihad.svg
| caption          = Flag used by various al-Qaeda factions
| leaders          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Osama bin Laden]]{{KIA}}<br />(1988–2011)
* [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]{{KIA}}<br />(2011–2022)
* [[Saif al-Adel]]<br />(''[[de facto]]''; 2022–)
}}
| active           = {{nowrap|11 August 1988 – present}}
| ideology         = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}} | {{Plainlist|
* [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Islamism]]<ref name=gallagher14 /><ref name="Bokhari-Senzai 2013">{{cite book |editor1-last=Bokhari |editor1-first=Kamran |editor2-last=Senzai |editor2-first=Farid |year=2013 |chapter=Rejector Islamists: al-Qaeda and Transnational Jihadism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThiuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 |title=Political Islam in the Age of Democratization |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |pages=101–118 |doi=10.1057/9781137313492_6 |isbn=978-1-137-31349-2}}</ref><ref name="Moussalli 2012">{{cite book |author-last=Moussalli |author-first=Ahmad S. |year=2012 |chapter=Sayyid Qutb: Founder of Radical Islamic Political Ideology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-LfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 |editor-last=Akbarzadeh |editor-first=Shahram |title=Routledge Handbook of Political Islam |location=[[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Routledge]] |edition=1st |pages=24–26 |isbn=978-1-138-57782-4 |lccn=2011025970}}</ref><ref name=MESR>{{cite book|last=O'Bagy|first=Elizabeth |title=Middle East Security Report: Al-Qaeda Sunni Islamist Rebels – Jihad in Syria|page=27|volume=6|url=http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Jihad-In-Syria-17SEPT.pdf|year=2012 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|access-date=September 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327163800/http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Jihad-In-Syria-17SEPT.pdf|archive-date=March 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Pan-Islamism]]<ref>{{cite book|title=US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Al-Qaeda |first1=Joshua |last1= A. Geltzer | year=2010|publisher=Routledge| location=New York | isbn=0-203-87023-9 |chapter=4: The al-Qaeda world-view|pages=83, 84}}</ref><ref name=Atwan />{{sfn|Gunaratna|2002|loc=''Introduction'', pp. 12, 87}}
* [[Qutbism]]<ref name="Moussalli 2012" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Aydınlı |first=Ersel |year=2018 |origyear=2016 |title=Violent Non-State Actors: From Anarchists to Jihadists |chapter=The Jihadists pre-9/11 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hq1TDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 |location=[[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Routledge]] |edition=1st |series=Routledge Studies on Challenges, Crises, and Dissent in World Politics |page=66 |isbn=978-1-315-56139-4 |lccn=2015050373}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wright|2006|p=79}}</ref><ref name=gallagher14>{{harvnb|Gallagher|Willsky-Ciollo|2021|p=14}}</ref>
* [[Jihadism]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Jihadism in Pakistan | publisher=I.B. tauris | first1=Antonio | last1=Giustozzi  | isbn=978-0-7556-4735-4 | location=New York | chapter=2: The strategies of global jihadists in Pakistan after 2001 | pages=27-52 | year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= Al-Qaeda’s Post-9/11 Devolution | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | first1=Anthony | last1=Celso | isbn=978-1-4411-5589-4 | location=New York | chapter=1:  Al-Qaeda’s Jihadist Worldview | pages=15-29 | year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Al-Qaeda 2.0 | publisher=Oxford University Press | first1=Donald | last1=Holbrook | isbn=9780190856441 | location=New York | pages=viii, 2, 3 | year=2017}}</ref>
* Muslim unity<ref>{{cite book|title=US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Al-Qaeda |first1=Joshua |last1= A. Geltzer | year=2010|publisher=Routledge| location=New York | isbn=0-203-87023-9 | quote=Al-Qaeda’s ‘pan-Islamic ideology’ seeks to unify the umma not only by emphasising Islam over nationalism but also by specifically calling for unity among all Muslims, including the often hostile Sunnis and Shiites...  ‘For an organization led by a Sunni fundamentalist’ to ‘make common cause with Shiite terrorists’, and then with potential Shiite supporters more broadly, was considered ‘extraordinary’—yet doing so was central to al-Qaeda’s vision of Islamic unity against America. |chapter=4: The al-Qaeda world view|pages=83, 84}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement|first1=Daniel | last1= Byman | publisher= Oxford University Press | year=2015 | location=New York | isbn=978-0-19-021725-9 |pages=53|chapter=3: Strategy and Tactics}}</ref>{{sfn|Gunaratna|2002|p=87}}
* Sunni–Shia alliance<ref>
* {{Cite web |last=Nabil |first=Rahmatullah |title=Iran, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban; Close Relations between Shiite and Sunni Fundamentalists: A Strategic Move or a Matter of Expediency? |url=https://aissonline.org/en/main-features/7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619143538/https://aissonline.org/en/main-features/7 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |website=Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies |quote=Ayman Al-Zawahiri became the leader of Al-Qaeda—a leader who was “in favour of” forging an alliance between the Shia and the Sunni against their common enemy—Al-Qaeda developed deeper relations with the IRGC.}}
* {{Cite web |last=Aly Sergie |first=Mohammed |date=27 April 2023 |title=The Sunni-Shia Divide |url=https://www.cfr.org/article/sunni-shia-divide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610093711/https://www.cfr.org/article/sunni-shia-divide |archive-date=10 June 2023 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |quote=Sunni al-Qaeda and Shia Hezbollah, have not defined their movements in sectarian terms, and have favored using anti-imperialist, anti-Zionist, and anti-American frameworks to define their jihad, or struggle.}}
* {{Cite web |last=Lupsha |first=Jonny |date=8 December 2022 |title=What Is the Islamic State? |url=https://www.wondriumdaily.com/what-is-the-islamic-state/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206201200/https://www.wondriumdaily.com/what-is-the-islamic-state/ |archive-date=6 February 2023 |website=Wondrium Daily |quote=Bin Laden, a Sunni Muslim, saw cooperation between Islam’s two sects—Sunni and Shia—as essential to Al-Qaeda’s success.}}</ref><ref>
* {{Cite book |last=Devji |first=Faisal |title=Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity |publisher=Hurst & Company |year=2005 |isbn=1-85065-775-0 |location=London |pages=53 |quote=Al-Qaeda leaders like Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri have never been known either to preach or practice anti-Shia politics, indeed the opposite, with Bin Laden repeatedly urging Muslims to ignore internal differences and even appearing to uphold the religious credentials of Shiite Iran by comparing the longed-for-ouster of the Saudi monarch to the expulsion of the Shah}}
* {{Cite news |date=20 September 2001 |title=The spider in the web |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/special-report/2001/09/20/the-spider-in-the-web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606223655/https://www.economist.com/special-report/2001/09/20/the-spider-in-the-web |archive-date=6 June 2023 |quote=[Bin Laden] has insisted that differences within the Islamic world should be set aside for the sake of the broader struggle against western and Jewish interests. American officials say there is clear evidence of tactical co-operation between his organisation, al-Qaeda, the government of Iran, and Iran's proxies in Lebanon, the Hizbullah group. From the early 1990s, members of his group and its Egyptian allies were being sent to Lebanon to receive training from Hizbullah: an unusual example of Sunni-Shia co-operation in the broader anti-western struggle.}}
* {{Cite book |last=al-Aloosy |first=Massaab |title=The changing ideology of Hezbollah |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-030-34846-5 |pages=79 |quote=according to the 9/11 Commission Report, Hezbollah allowed Al-Qaeda activists to train in their camps involved in terrorist attacks against the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in September 1998... Osama Bin Laden mentioned Hezbollah in a 2003 speech-or as he called them the resistance- in a positive light as the group that compelled the US marines to withdraw from Lebanon}}</ref>{{sfn|Gunaratna|2002|p=12}}
* [[Islamic fundamentalism]]<ref name="auto1">Bergen, Peter L., ''Holy war, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden'', New York: Free Press, 2001., pp. 70–71</ref>
* [[Anti-Americanism]]<ref name="ict.org.il">{{cite web|url=http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm|title=Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans|access-date=May 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422210853/http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm|archive-date=April 22, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Anti-communism]]<ref>{{cite court|litigants=United States v. Usama bin Laden et al.|court=[[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|SDNY]]|reporter=Cr.|vol=S (7) 98|opinion=1023|pinpoint=Testimony of Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al-Fadl|date=February 6, 2001|url=http://cryptome.org/usa-v-ubl-02.htm}}</ref>
* [[Anti-imperialism]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lawrence|first=Bruce|date=2005 |title=Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama Bin Laden |url=https://www.versobooks.com/books/32-messages-to-the-world |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408194547/https://www.versobooks.com/books/32-messages-to-the-world |archive-date=8 April 2022 |publisher=Verso| isbn=9781844670451}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Borowski |first=Audrey |date=2015 |title=Al Qaeda and ISIS: From Revolution to Apocalypse |url=https://philosophynow.org/issues/111/Al_Qaeda_and_ISIS_From_Revolution_to_Apocalypse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526012524/https://philosophynow.org/issues/111/Al_Qaeda_and_ISIS_From_Revolution_to_Apocalypse |archive-date=26 May 2022 |website=Philosophy Now}}</ref>
* [[Antisemitism]]<ref name="Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders" /><ref name=Time1999 /><ref name=Letter2002 /><ref name=May1998>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508145341/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html|title=frontline: the terrorist and the superpower: who is bin laden?: interview with osama bin laden (in may 1998)|archive-date=May 8, 1999|publisher=pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/new-isis-and-al-qaeda-propaganda-prioritize-the-us-and-jews-as-targets|title=New ISIS and Al-Qaeda propaganda prioritize the US and Jews as targets|website=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Al-Qaeda's Urges Muslims to Shun World Cup, Stops Short of Threats |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/al-qaida-urges-muslims-to-shun-world-cup-stops-short-of-threats-/6842183.html |publisher=Voice of America |language=English |date=November 19, 2022 |quote=Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the militant group's Yemen-based branch, criticized Qatar for "bringing immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula" and said the event served to divert attention from the "occupation of Muslim countries and their oppression."}}</ref>
* [[Anti-Western sentiment|Anti-Western imperialism]]<ref name="Inside Jabhat al Nusra">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9716545/Inside-Jabhat-al-Nusra-the-most-extreme-wing-of-Syrias-struggle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9716545/Inside-Jabhat-al-Nusra-the-most-extreme-wing-of-Syrias-struggle.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Inside the most extreme wing|date=December 2, 2012|access-date=December 2, 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |first=Ruth |last=Sherlock}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Anti-Zionism]]<ref name=Time1999>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,17676,00.html|title=Conversation with Terror|magazine=Time|date=January 1999|access-date=March 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Letter2002>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826184301/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2013|title=Full text: bin Laden's 'letter to America' &#124; World news |work=The Observer |date=August 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders">{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm|title=Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders|access-date=June 16, 2010|date=February 23, 1998}}</ref>
}}
'''Factions:'''| {{Plainlist|
* [[Wahhabism]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ghanmi |first1=Elyès |last2=Punzet |first2=Agnieszka |date=June 11, 2013 |title=The involvement of Salafism/Wahhabism in the support and supply of arms to rebel groups around the world |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/457137/EXPO-AFET_ET(2013)457137_EN.pdf |journal=[[European Parliament]]}}</ref><ref name="The Hillary Doctrine">{{cite book |last1=Hudson |first1=Valerie |title=The Hillary Doctrine |publisher=Columbia University |page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ&q=wahhabi+al+nusra&pg=PA154 |access-date=January 15, 2016|isbn=978-0-231-53910-4 |date=June 30, 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Salafi movement|Salafism]]<ref name="Bokhari-Senzai 2013" /><ref name="Moussalli 2012" /><ref name="SalafistJidadism">{{cite web|title=Special Reports – The Salafist Movement: Al Qaeda's New Front|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/sala.html|last1=Livesey|first1=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Livesey (journalist)|work=PBS Frontline|publisher=WGBH |date=January 25, 2005|access-date=October 18, 2011 }}<br />{{cite book|last1=Geltzer|first1=Joshua A.|title=US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signalling and the Terrorist World-View|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-66452-3|page=83|edition=Reprint}}</ref><ref name="spiegel1">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,369448,00.html |title=The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants |work=Der Spiegel |date=August 12, 2005 |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307084609/http://www.spiegel.de/international/0%2C1518%2C369448%2C00.html |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PanIslamism">{{cite news|url=http://my.telegraph.co.uk/riteman/riteway/16309030/al-qaeda-seeks-global-dominance/|title=Al-Qaeda seeks global dominance|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112142751/http://my.telegraph.co.uk/riteman/riteway/16309030/al-qaeda-seeks-global-dominance/|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/07/27/jihadists-want-global-caliphate/|title=Jihadists Want Global Caliphate|publisher=ThePolitic.com|date=July 27, 2005|access-date=October 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930020925/http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/07/27/jihadists-want-global-caliphate/|archive-date=September 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/21/alqaida.terrorism|location=London|work=The Guardian|first1=Jason|last1=Burke|title=What exactly does al-Qaeda want?|date=March 21, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Salafi jihadism]]<ref name="Bokhari-Senzai 2013" /><ref name="Moussalli 2012" /><ref name="Moghadam">{{cite book|last1=Moghadam|first1=Assaf|title=The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks|year=2008|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9055-0|page=48}}</ref><ref name="SalafistJidadism" />
* [[Anti-shi'ism]] (alleged,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/al-qaeda-v-isis-ideology-strategy |title=Al Qaeda v ISIS: Ideology & Strategy |first=Cameron |last=Glenn |date=September 28, 2015 |website=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]]}}</ref> officially denied)<ref name="Shia Iran"/><ref>
* {{Cite web |last=Nabil |first=Rahmatullah |title=Iran, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban; Close Relations between Shiite and Sunni Fundamentalists: A Strategic Move or a Matter of Expediency? |url=https://aissonline.org/en/main-features/7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619143538/https://aissonline.org/en/main-features/7 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |website=Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies |quote=Ayman Al-Zawahiri became the leader of Al-Qaeda—a leader who was “in favour of” forging an alliance between the Shia and the Sunni against their common enemy—Al-Qaeda developed deeper relations with the IRGC.}}
* {{Cite web |last=Aly Sergie |first=Mohammed |date=27 April 2023 |title=The Sunni-Shia Divide |url=https://www.cfr.org/article/sunni-shia-divide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610093711/https://www.cfr.org/article/sunni-shia-divide |archive-date=10 June 2023 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |quote=Sunni al-Qaeda and Shia Hezbollah, have not defined their movements in sectarian terms, and have favored using anti-imperialist, anti-Zionist, and anti-American frameworks to define their jihad, or struggle.}}
* {{Cite web |last=Lupsha |first=Jonny |date=8 December 2022 |title=What Is the Islamic State? |url=https://www.wondriumdaily.com/what-is-the-islamic-state/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206201200/https://www.wondriumdaily.com/what-is-the-islamic-state/ |archive-date=6 February 2023 |website=Wondrium Daily |quote=Bin Laden, a Sunni Muslim, saw cooperation between Islam’s two sects—Sunni and Shia—as essential to Al-Qaeda’s success.}}</ref><ref>
* {{Cite book |last=Devji |first=Faisal |title=Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity |publisher=Hurst & Company |year=2005 |isbn=1-85065-775-0 |location=London |pages=53 |quote=Al-Qaeda leaders like Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri have never been known either to preach or practice anti-Shia politics, indeed the opposite, with Bin Laden repeatedly urging Muslims to ignore internal differences and even appearing to uphold the religious credentials of Shiite Iran by comparing the longed-for-ouster of the Saudi monarch to the expulsion of the Shah}}
* {{Cite news |date=20 September 2001 |title=The spider in the web |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/special-report/2001/09/20/the-spider-in-the-web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606223655/https://www.economist.com/special-report/2001/09/20/the-spider-in-the-web |archive-date=6 June 2023 |quote=[Bin Laden] has insisted that differences within the Islamic world should be set aside for the sake of the broader struggle against western and Jewish interests. American officials say there is clear evidence of tactical co-operation between his organisation, al-Qaeda, the government of Iran, and Iran's proxies in Lebanon, the Hizbullah group. From the early 1990s, members of his group and its Egyptian allies were being sent to Lebanon to receive training from Hizbullah: an unusual example of Sunni-Shia co-operation in the broader anti-western struggle.}}
* {{Cite book |last=al-Aloosy |first=Massaab |title=The changing ideology of Hezbollah |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-030-34846-5 |pages=79 |quote=according to the 9/11 Commission Report, Hezbollah allowed Al-Qaeda activists to train in their camps involved in terrorist attacks against the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in September 1998... Osama Bin Laden mentioned Hezbollah in a 2003 speech-or as he called them the resistance- in a positive light as the group that compelled the US marines to withdraw from Lebanon}}</ref>
}}
}}
| clans            = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}} |{{Plainlist|
*{{Flagicon|Islamic State}} [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]]
*{{Flagicon|Islamic State}} [[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula|AQAP]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of AQIS.svg}} [[Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent|AQIS]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Tanzim Hurras al-Din.svg}} [[Hurras al-Din]]
*{{Flagicon|Islamic State}} [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb|AQIM]]
*{{Flagicon|Islamic State}} [[Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin|JNIM]]
'''Former groups'''
*{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg}} [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq|AQI]] (2004–2006)
*{{Flagicon|Islamic State}} [[Islamic State of Iraq|ISI]] (2006–2013)
*{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front.svg}} [[Al-Nusra Front]] (2012–2017)
}}
| area             = Worldwide<br />{{nowrap|'''[[List of rebel groups that control territory|Current territorial control]]:'''}}<br />[[Mali]], [[Somalia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polgeonow.com/2013/05/somalia-war-map-al-shabaab-2013.html|title=War in Somalia: Map of Al Shabaab Control (June 2013)|date=May 31, 2013|access-date=August 18, 2014|publisher=Political Geography Now|first1=Evan|last1=Centanni}}</ref> [[Yemen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/aden-intellgence-service-building-targeted-1.1570990|title=Aden intelligence service building targeted|date=August 22, 2015|access-date=August 22, 2015|publisher=Gulf News|work=AFP}}</ref>
}}
| size             = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}} |{{Plainlist|
* In Afghanistan:<!--<100 (2011),<ref>{{cite web |first1=Bill |last1=Roggio |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/04/how_many_al_qaeda_operatives_a.php |title=How many al Qaeda operatives are now left in Afghanistan? |publisher=Longwarjournal.org |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706151045/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/04/how_many_al_qaeda_operatives_a.php |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 300–3,000 (2012–2014),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/al-qaeda-afghanistan-comeback_n_1997994.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023084738/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/al-qaeda-afghanistan-comeback_n_1997994.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |title=Al Qaeda in Afghanistan Is Attempting A Comeback |work=The Huffington Post |date=October 21, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Al-Qaeda map: Isis, Boko Haram and other affiliates' strongholds across Africa and Asia |date=June 12, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014|last1=Freeman |first1=Colin }}{{cbignore}}</ref>--> 800 (2018)<ref name="cfr.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/al-qaedas-resurrection|title=Al-Qaeda's Resurrection|first1=Bruce|last1=Hoffman|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb|In the Maghreb]]: 1,000–5,000 (2015)<ref>{{cite web| title =Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)| url =http://www.cfr.org/terrorist-organizations-and-networks/al-qaeda-islamic-maghreb-aqim/p12717| website =Council on Foreign Relations| date =March 27, 2015| access-date =July 2, 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150511122144/http://www.cfr.org/terrorist-organizations-and-networks/al-qaeda-islamic-maghreb-aqim/p12717| archive-date =May 11, 2015| url-status =dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =Profile: Al-Qaeda in North Africa| url =https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17308138| publisher =BBC| date = January 17, 2013|access-date = July 2, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula|In Yemen]]: 3,000 (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=UN report indicates al-Qaeda and ISIS enjoy safe haven in Turkish-controlled Idlib |url=https://nordicmonitor.com/2022/02/the-un-report-indicates-al-qaeda-and-isis-enjoys-safe-haven-in-turkish-controlled-idlib/ |website=Nordic Monitor |date=9 February 2022 |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215095304/https://nordicmonitor.com/2022/02/the-un-report-indicates-al-qaeda-and-isis-enjoys-safe-haven-in-turkish-controlled-idlib/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|In Somalia]]: 7,000–12,000 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=S/2023/95 |url=https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=S%2F2023%2F95&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False |website=United Nations Security Council |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-15336689|title=Who are Somalia's al-Shabab?|publisher=BBC News|date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Hurras al-Din|In Syria]]: 1,000–3,000 (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://syriadirect.org/news/is-hts-benefitting-from-coalition-airstrikes-against-foreign-jihadists-1/|title=Is HTS benefitting from Coalition airstrikes against foreign jihadists?|author=Mohammad Abdulssattar Ibrahim|work=Syria Direct|date=22 September 2019|access-date=1 October 2019|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924025913/https://syriadirect.org/news/is-hts-benefitting-from-coalition-airstrikes-against-foreign-jihadists-1/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UN report indicates al-Qaeda and ISIS enjoy safe haven in Turkish-controlled Idlib |url=https://nordicmonitor.com/2022/02/the-un-report-indicates-al-qaeda-and-isis-enjoys-safe-haven-in-turkish-controlled-idlib/ |website=Nordic Monitor |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=15 February 2022|last=Bozkurt|first=Abdullah}}</ref>
}}
}}
| predecessor      = [[Maktab al-Khidamat]]
| allies           = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}}| '''State allies:'''
* {{Flag|Sudan}} (1989–1996)
* {{Flag|Afghanistan|2021}} ([[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|1996–2001]], 2021–present)<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team|work=UN Security Council|date=1 June 2023|url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2093255/N2312536.pdf|pages=3-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712115015/https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2093255/N2312536.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2023|quote= The link between the Taliban and both Al-Qaida and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains strong and symbiotic..The relationship between the Taliban and Al-Qaida remained close and symbiotic, with Al-Qaida viewing Taliban-administered Afghanistan a safe haven. Al-Qaida still aims to strengthen its position in Afghanistan and has been interacting with the Taliban, supporting the regime and protecting senior Taliban figures. Al-Qaida maintains a low profile, focusing on using the country as an ideological and logistical hub to mobilize and recruit new fighters while covertly rebuilding its external operations capability|via=ecoi.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UN report finds ‘strong and symbiotic’ links between Afghan Taliban, TTP|date=11 June 2023|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1759180|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611140432/https://www.dawn.com/news/1759180|archive-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Taliban relationship">{{cite web |last1=Mir |first1=Asfandyar |title=Afghanistan's Terrorism Challenge: The Political Trajectories of al-Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and the Islamic State |url=https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2020-10/Afghanistan%27s%20Terrorism%20Challenge.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2020-10/Afghanistan%27s%20Terrorism%20Challenge.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Middle East Institute]] |date=October 2020}}</ref><ref name="lwj02092021">{{cite web|last=Roggio|first=Bill|date=2 September 2021|title=National Resistance Front repels multi-day Taliban assault on Panjshir {{!}} FDD's Long War Journal|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/09/national-resistance-front-repels-multi-day-taliban-assault-on-panjshir.php|url-status=live|access-date=3 September 2021|website=www.longwarjournal.org|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903010009/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/09/national-resistance-front-repels-multi-day-taliban-assault-on-panjshir.php}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iran}} (alleged, denied)<ref name="Shia Iran">{{cite web |title=Making Sense of Iran and al-Qaeda's Relationship |date=March 21, 2021 |url=https://www.lawfareblog.com/making-sense-iran-and-al-qaedas-relationship |publisher=The Lawfare Institute |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Growing Relationship between Iran and al-Shabab Movement in Somalia: Motives and Potential Consequences |url=https://epc.ae/en/details/featured/the-growing-relationship-between-iran-and-al-shabab-movement-in-somalia-motives-and-potential-consequences |publisher=Emirates Policy Center |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="Saif">{{Cite web |last=Hussam Radman |first=Assim al-Sabri |date=2023-02-28 |title=Leadership from Iran: How Al-Qaeda in Yemen Fell Under the Sway of Saif al-Adel |url=https://sanaacenter.org/publications/analysis/19623 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-alqaeda-idUSKCN1LN2LE|title=Study questions Iran-al Qaeda ties, despite U.S. allegations|publisher=Reuters|date=September 7, 2018|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/pages/hp1360.aspx|title=Treasury Targets Al Qaida Operatives in Iran|website=treasury.gov}}</ref>
* {{flag|Pakistan}} (alleged, denied)<ref>{{cite news|title= The 'airlift of evil'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3340165|date=December 11, 2003|work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/10/27/pakistan-military-denies-bbc-report-on-taliban-links/ | title=Pakistan military denies BBC report on Taliban links | date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/magazine/what-pakistan-knew-about-bin-laden.html?_r=1 |title=What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 19, 2014|last1=Gall|first1=Carlotta}}</ref>
* {{flag|Qatar}} (alleged, denied)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.795628|title=Fact Check: Is Qatar Supporting Terrorism? A Look at Its Ties to Iran, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood|last1=Haaretz|first2=The Associated|last2=Press|date=July 11, 2017|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} (alleged, denied)<ref name="WT">{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Carls|title=The Saudis channel the mafia: Fears of Saudi retaliation deter truth about 9/11|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/18/cal-thomas-fears-of-saudi-retaliation-deter-truth-/|access-date=April 28, 2016|work=The Washington Times}}</ref>
* {{flag|North Korea}} (alleged)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/26/afghanistan-war-logs-osama-bin-laden?intcmp=239 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Simon | last=Tisdall | title=Afghanistan war logs reveal hand of Osama bin Laden | date=July 26, 2010}}</ref>

'''Non-state allies:'''
* [[Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan|Ansar al-Islam]]
* [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]]
* [[File:Flag of Jihad (Variant).svg|border|23px]] [[Boko Haram]] (until 2015)
* [[File:Flag of Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg|border|23px]] [[Pakistani Taliban]]
* [[File:Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party.svg|border|23px]] [[Turkistan Islamic Party]]
* {{flag|Hamas}} (sometimes)<ref>{{cite web |date=13 October 2023 |title=Al-Qaeda's North and West African branches respond to the Hamas-led invasion of Israel |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/10/al-qaedas-north-and-west-african-branches-respond-to-the-hamas-led-invasion-of-israel.php |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=[[FDD's Long War Journal]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Al Shabaab jihadists praise Hamas' attack, Kenya's counter-terrorism unit is on alert |date=October 12, 2023 |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Al-Shabaab-jihadists-praise-Hamas-attack-on-Kenyan-anti-terrorism-alert/ |publisher=Agenzia Nova |access-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012235735/https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Al-Shabaab-jihadists-praise-Hamas-attack-on-Kenyan-anti-terrorism-alert/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Somalia: Al-Shabaab praises Hamas attack on Israel |url=https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-al-shabaab-praises-hamas-attack-on-israel/ |website=Somali guardian |date=October 12, 2023 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012235740/https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-al-shabaab-praises-hamas-attack-on-israel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Flag of Lashkar-e-Taiba.svg|border|23px]] [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
* [[File:Jaishi-e-Mohammed.svg|border|23px]] [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.svg}} [[Harkat-ul-Mujahideen]]
* [[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami]]
* [[File:Flag of Islamic State of Indonesia.svg|23px]] [[Jemaah Islamiyah]]
* {{Flagicon image|Ansarullah Flag Vector.svg}} [[Houthis]] (sometimes)<ref name="Saif"/>
* {{Flag|Taliban}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourteenth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team|work=UN Security Council|date=1 June 2023|url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2093255/N2312536.pdf|pages=3-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712115015/https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2093255/N2312536.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2023|quote= The link between the Taliban and both Al-Qaida and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains strong and symbiotic..The relationship between the Taliban and Al-Qaida remained close and symbiotic, with Al-Qaida viewing Taliban-administered Afghanistan a safe haven.|via=ecoi.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UN report finds ‘strong and symbiotic’ links between Afghan Taliban, TTP|date=11 June 2023|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1759180|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611140432/https://www.dawn.com/news/1759180|archive-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Taliban.svg}} [[Haqqani network]]
* {{Flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} [[Hezbollah]] (sometimes)<ref>{{harvnb|Gunaratna|2002|pp=12, 86}}: "By forging a tactical relationship with Hezbollah, Al Qaeda mastered the art of bombing buildings."</ref>
}}
| opponents        = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}}| '''State opponents:'''
* {{flagcountry|Iran}} (sometimes)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andrew |first1=Jeong |title=Militant in Iran identified as al-Qaeda's probable new chief in U.N. report |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/15/al-qaeda-leader-saif-al-adel/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Iran denies U.S. claims linking Tehran to Al Qaeda's leader - foreign minister |date=February 16, 2023 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-denies-us-claims-linking-tehran-al-qaedas-leader-foreign-minister-2023-02-16/ |work=Reuters |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="Shia Iran"/>
* {{IRQ}}
* {{flagcountry|Lebanon}}
* {{flagcountry|Syria}}
* {{Flag|United States}}
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
* {{Flag|France}}
* {{Flag|Israel}}
* {{Flag|India}}
* {{Flag|Russia}}
* {{Flag|Yemen}}
* {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Byman |first1=Daniel L. |title=The U.S.-Saudi Arabia counterterrorism relationship |url=https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/the-u-s-saudi-arabia-counterterrorism-relationship/ |website=Brookings |date=November 30, 2001 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |quote=Saudi Arabia considers Al Qaeda to be a mortal enemy}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Turkey}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/why-is-al-qaeda-attacking-turkish-forces-46837|title=Why is Al Qaeda attacking Turkish forces?|website=Why is Al Qaeda attacking Turkish forces?}}</ref>
* {{Flag|China}}<ref name="uyg1">[http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/648#tocto1n10 "The Chinese regime and the Uyghur dilemma"] Summary of {{cite journal|url=http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/648|title=The Uyghurs in Xinjiang – The Malaise Grows|last1=Castets|first1=Rémi|year=2003|journal=China Perspectives|volume=2003|issue=5|doi=10.4000/chinaperspectives.648|access-date=June 10, 2012|doi-access=free}}</ref> 
*{{flagicon|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}} {{flagcountry|Republic of Afghanistan (1987-1992)}} (1988–1992, 2002–2021)
*{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}} (1988–1989)
'''Non-state opponents:'''
* {{Flag|Islamic State}}
* {{Flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} [[Hezbollah]] (sometimes)
* {{Flagicon image|Ansarullah Flag Vector.svg}} [[Houthis]] (sometimes)<ref name="Saif"/><ref>{{cite web |title=In rare admission, Yemen's Houthis confirm they released Al-Qaeda terrorists |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2254936/middle-east |website=Arab news |date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[File:Flag of Kurdistan.svg|25px]] [[Peshmerga]]
* {{Flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=}} [[People's Defense Units|YPG]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of South Yemen.svg}} [[Southern Movement]]
** [[Southern Transitional Council]]

}}
| battles          = {{Collapsible list |title={{Nbsp}}| [[War on Terror]]<br />
In Afghanistan
*[[Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)]]
**[[Battle of Jalalabad (1989)]]
* [[Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]
In Tajikistan
* [[Civil war in Tajikistan]]
In Chechnya
* [[Second Chechen War]]
In Yemen
* [[al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen]]
* [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)]]
In the Maghreb
* [[Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)|Maghreb insurgency]]
* [[Northern Mali conflict]]
In Iraq
* [[Iraq War]]
* [[Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)|Iraqi insurgency]]
In Pakistan
* [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
In Somalia
* [[Somalia War (2006–2009)]]
* [[Somali Civil War (2009–present)]]
In Syria
* [[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Military intervention against ISIL]]
* [[American-led intervention in Syria]]
In Egypt
* [[Sinai insurgency]]
* [[Egyptian Crisis (2011–14)|Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)]]
In India
* [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al-Qaeda calls for liberation of Kashmir |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skKkj2eEv0}}</ref>
}}
| status           = 
| designated_as_terror_group_by = [[#Designation as a terrorist group|See below]]
}}

Parameters

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

• name – the formal name of the faction.
• native_name – the faction's name in their own language
• native_name_lang – ISO 639-1 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} for |native_name= instead
• war – the war or wars in which the faction participated; for proper grammar, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name.
• image – optional – an image representative of the faction. The image must be given in the form [[File:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• image_size – optional
• image_alt – optional
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• active – the period during which the faction was active.
• active2 – optional – the current status of the faction.
• ideology – optional – the ideology of the faction, if relevant.
• position – optional – the political spectrum of the faction.
• motives – optional – goals or motives of the faction.
• allegiance – optional
• clans – optional – the clans or tribes the faction includes, if relevant.
• founders or founder – optional
• founding_leader – optional
• leaders or leader – the leaders of the faction.
• military_leader – optional
• political_leader – optional
• leader1_title and leader1_name – optional
• leader2_title and leader2_name – optional
• spokesperson or spokesman – optional
• headquarters – optional – the headquarters of the faction.
• area – optional – the area in which the faction operated; a map may be included here, if one is available.
• strength – optional – the number of personnel comprising the faction.
• colours – optional – main colours of the faction.
• partof – optional – the larger group of which the faction is a part, if any.
• predecessor – optional
• split_from – optional
• merger_of – optional
• previous, originated_as, or original_name – optional – the previous identity of the faction, or the factions from which it emerged.
• formerly or former_name – optional
• next, became, or later_name – optional – if the faction transformed into another one, the name of that faction.
• merged_into or merged_to – optional
• split_to – optional – parties that the faction has split into.
• successor – optional
• allies – optional – the faction's allies in the war.
• opponents – optional – the faction's opponents in the war.
• battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the unit participated. The decision of what constitutes a notable battle is left to the editors of the specific article.
• organizations – optional
• website or url – optional – official website, if one exists, of the unit.
• designated_as_terror_group_by – optional
• identification_symbol_label and identification_symbol – optional
• identification_symbol_2_label and identification_symbol_2 – optional
• identification_symbol_3_label and identification_symbol_3 – optional
• identification_symbol_4_label and identification_symbol_4 – optional

Example

Islamic Courts Union
اتحاد المحاكم الإسلامية Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga
Leaders	Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Hassan Dahir Aweys
Dates of operation	June 6, 2006–2007
Group(s)	Habar Gidir, Abgaal, Rahanweyn, Ogaden, Marehan and some support from many other clans
Motives	Impose sharia in Somalia.
Headquarters	Mogadishu
Active regions	Central and southern Somalia
Status	Inactive
Allies	Mujahideen organizations, including Al Qaeda Various Muslim and anti-Ethiopian nations including Eritrea (alleged)
Opponents	Clan-based warlords Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism Juba Valley Alliance Transitional Federal Government Puntland Galmudug Ethiopia United States
Battles and wars	the Somali Civil War

{{Infobox war faction
| name = Islamic Courts Union
| native_name = اتحاد المحاكم الإسلامية<br/>''Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga''
| native_name_lang = ar
| war = the [[Somali Civil War]]
| image = [[File:Flag_of_the_Islamic_Courts_Union.svg|300px]]
| caption = The flag of the Islamic Courts Union.
| leaders = [[Sharif Sheikh Ahmed]],<br/> [[Hassan Dahir Aweys]]
| clans = [[Habar Gidir]], [[Abgaal]], [[Rahanweyn]], [[Ogaden]], [[Marehan]] and some support from many other clans
| active = June 6, 2006–present
| status = Active
| motives = Impose [[sharia]] in Somalia.
| headquarters = [[Mogadishu]]
| area = Central and southern [[Somalia]]
| predecessor = Unaligned Islamic [[sharia]] courts movements
| successor =
| allies = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Mujahideen]] organizations, including [[Al Qaeda]]
  | Various Muslim and anti-Ethiopian nations including [[Eritrea]] (alleged)
  }}
| opponents = {{unbulleted list
  | Clan-based warlords
  | [[Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism]]
  | [[Juba Valley Alliance]]
  | [[Transitional Federal Government]]
  | [[Puntland]]
  | [[Galmudug]]
  | [[Ethiopia]]
  | [[United States]]
  }}
}}

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See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox war faction in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox war faction A war faction infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular faction participating in a war; it should not be used for regular military units and formations. Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status Name name The formal name of the faction in English. Line required Native name native_name The faction's name in their own language. Line optional Native name language native_name_lang The ISO 639-1 code of the language used for its native name. Line optional War(s) war The war or wars in which the faction participated; you might need to insert "the" at the beginning of this phrase. String suggested Image image An image representative of the faction. It must be given in the from [[File:Example.jpg|300px]] Content suggested Caption of the image caption The text to be placed below the image Line suggested Active period active The period during which the faction was active. Line required Ideology ideology The ideology of the faction, if relevant. Content optional Groups clans The clans or tribes the faction includes. Content optional Leaders leaders leader The leaders of the faction. Content required Headquarters headquarters The headquarters of the faction. Line suggested Area area The area in which the faction operated; a map may be included here. Content suggested Size strength The number of personnel comprising the faction Line optional Part of partof The larger group of which the faction is a part. Line optional Originated as previous originated_as original_name The previous identity of the faction, or the factions from which it emerged. Content optional Became next became later_name If the faction transformed into another one, the name of that faction. Content optional Allies allies The faction's allies in the war. Content optional Split to split_to Parties that the faction has an split into. Content optional Opponents opponents The faction's opponents in the war. Content optional Battles and wars battles Any notable battles or wars in which the unit participated. The decision of what constitutes a notable battle is left to the editors of the specific article. Content optional Organizations organizations no description Unknown optional Website website url Official website, if one exists, of the unit. Line optional identification_symbol identification_symbol no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_2 identification_symbol_2 no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_label identification_symbol_label no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_2_label identification_symbol_2_label no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_3_label identification_symbol_3_label no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_3 identification_symbol_3 no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_4_label identification_symbol_4_label no description Unknown optional identification_symbol_4 identification_symbol_4 no description Unknown optional image_size image_size no description Unknown optional image_alt image_alt no description Unknown optional Status active2 The current status of the faction. Unknown suggested Political position position The political spectrum of the faction. Unknown optional motives motives The political spectrum of the faction. Unknown optional allegiance allegiance no description Unknown optional founders founders no description Unknown optional founder founder no description Unknown optional founding_leader founding_leader no description Unknown optional leader_title leader_title no description Unknown optional military_leader military_leader no description Unknown optional political_leader political_leader no description Unknown optional leader1_title leader1_title no description Unknown optional leader1_name leader1_name no description Unknown optional leader2_title leader2_title no description Unknown optional leader2_name leader2_name no description Unknown optional leader3_title leader3_title no description Unknown optional leader3_name leader3_name no description Unknown optional spokesperson spokesperson no description Unknown optional spokesman spokesman no description Unknown optional Colours colours main colours of the faction. Unknown optional predecessor predecessor no description Unknown optional split_from split_from no description Unknown optional merger_of merger_of no description Unknown optional formerly formerly no description Unknown optional former_name former_name no description Unknown optional merged_into merged_into no description Unknown optional merged_to merged_to no description Unknown optional successor successor no description Unknown optional designated_as_terror_group_by designated_as_terror_group_by no description Unknown optional split split no description Unknown optional