Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name used by a collection of

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or militant Islamist groups or militias, in at least eight countries. While they share names and ideology, they lack a unified command structure. *

Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) Jama'at Ansar al-Shari'a (; '), also known as Ansar al-Shari'a, is a Yemen-based umbrella organization which includes units from several militant Islamic groups of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). In 2011, AQAP created Ansar Al-Shari ...

Ansarul Sharia Pakistan Ansarul Sharia Pakistan (; ASP) is a Pakistani Alleged Al-Qaeda linked militant group based in Karachi, Pakistan. The organization was founded in February 2017. The group was known for committing many attacks, at one point they performed attacks ...

Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia () was a Salafi Jihadist group that operates in Tunisia. In 2013, the group was estimated to have roughly 10,000 members. It has been listed as a terrorist group by the Tunisian government, Iraq, the United Nations ...

* Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) * Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) *

Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL, ) was an Al-Qaeda-aligned Salafi Jihadist militia group that advocated the implementation of Sharia across Libya. Ansar al-Sharia came into being in 2011, during the Libyan Civil War. Until January 2015, it was ...

(until 2017) **

Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya) Ansar al-Sharia is the Derna, Libya, Derna based branch of a larger Libyan group; the branch is headed by Abu Sufian bin Qumu. In 2011 bin Qumu became the leader of a band of fighters in his hometown of Derna, Libya, Derna during the 2011 Libyan c ...

(until 2018) * Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) (until 2019) *

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

** Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) (reportedly defunct in 2015, officially self-disbanded 2017)

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