Kalaâ Sghira Module (Jihadi Entity, Tunisia)

• Local Name: N/a
• Transliteration: N/a
• Alternatives: N/a
• Status: 2013 – 2016 (Defeated)
• Conflicts: Tunisian Islamist Militancy

The Kalaâ Seghira Module [KSM] was a small group of Tunisian jihadis who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [DaIISh; Dawlat al-Islamiya fi-Iraq wal ash-Sham].¹ It was based in the Kalaâ Seghira suburb of Sousse and had at least half a dozen members.² The outfit sought to carry out attacks in the Sousse governorate.³

The cell was apparently formed in 2013.⁴ It held meetings at a local mosque and its members trained at a nearby olive grove.⁵ Operatives of the module also produced explosives.⁶

The KSM was rolled up on Jul. 19, 2016 when five of its members were apprehended by police.⁷ At the time of the arrests, the militants were plotting a suicide bomb attack against an office of the national guard.⁸ The target was the uncle of one of the cell’s operatives. The module was also planning attacks against police.⁹