Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

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2009 · Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) announced its formation in January 2009. Its primary objectives are to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of foreign influence – particularly Western military personnel and civilian contractors – and to establish a single Islamic caliphate in place of the existing regimes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. AQAP's most prominent attacks have been suicide bombings · and the 2015 attack on the office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris · AQAP militants kidnapped five UN workers that were released in August 2023 after a ransom was paid to AQAP. · AQAP released a video claiming responsibility for a December 2019 attack where a Royal Saudi Air Force trainee opened fire in a classroom at the US Naval Air Station Pensacola · attempt to detonate an explosive abroad a Northwest Airlines flight as the plane prepared to land in Detroit · A Yemen-based affiliate of Usama bin Laden's Al Qaida (AQ) network · Florida · France. In February 2020 · however · killing at least three US sailors and injuring eight others. In February 2022 · the group has also engaged in guerilla-style raids on military and security targets. It is also responsible for the failed December 25

Sanctions programs · 1

Source	Program	Name	Regime	Designated	Link
CA_LISTED_TERRORISTS	CA-LISTED-TERR	Canada Listed Terrorist Entities	Counter-terrorism	23/12/2010	source ↗

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