Group Name Banner Home Base Leaders Strength Casualties Ideology Al-Qaeda Afghanistan/Pakistan Region Abdallah Azzam (founder) Osama bin Laden (1989–2011) Ayman al-Zawahiri (present) 300–3,000[18][19] 4,400 casualties [20] To restore Islam and establish "true Islamic states", implement Sharia law, and rid the Muslim world of any non-Muslim influences and other teachings of Islamic author Sayyid Qutb.[21] The title translates to "Organization of the Base of Jihad". Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Kabylie Mountains, Algeria Abdelmalek Droukdel 800–1,000+[22] 200+ AQIM is an Islamist militant organization which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state. Al-Mourabitoun a.k.a. al-Qaeda West Africa Mali, Niger, Libya Mokhtar Belmokhtar Under 100 (French claim) Killed 27 in the 2015 Bamako hotel attack.