Sanctioned entity: ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS). Aliases: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Greater Sahara (ISIL-GS), Islamic State of the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahara, ISIS in the Islamic Sahel. Program: Al-Qaida.