Recently there has been a rapid expansion of IS affiliated activity across North Africa. Egyptian Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis' (ABM) November 2014 IS support pledge and the caliphate's creation of Libyan wilayats incorporated local jihadist groups [8] . IS' wilayats, however, face multiple opponents including regime forces and rival jihadists. Violence in Libya, for example, is punctuated by clashes between IS Abstract The battle of the Sinai and the Libyan fronts recently intensified as soldiers of

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... e Islamic State carried out multiple operations that shattered any hope of confidence the crusaders could have in the murtadd puppets maintaining control in the face of the Khalifah's expansion.