Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name used by a collection of
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militant Islamist groups or militias, in at least eight countries. While they share names and ideology, they lack a unified command structure.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ansar al-Sharia (Mali)
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Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt)
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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)
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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)
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Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) (until 2019)
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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 ...
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Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) (reportedly defunct in 2015, officially self-disbanded 2017)
See also
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al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( or : Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, . Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula), or AQAP is a Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamic extremism, Islamist militant organization which s ...
, a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia
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