Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda () is an Iraqi Shia Islamist militia.

History

Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda was formed in June 2014 by Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir and Iraqi Shiite militiamen who left to fight in

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in 2012, before returning to Iraq during the

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offensives in 2014. In 2016, Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda started military campaigns in

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against the Islamic State as revenge for the Islamic State killing some of Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda's soldiers. On October 12th 2023, Saraya al-Aqeeda would upload a

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video titled "اللواء ۲۸ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى" (English:The 28th Brigade congratulates the Palestinian people on Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) in which they congratulated Hamas for the actions they took during the

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References

{{Armed groups in the Iraqi conflict 2012 establishments in Iraq Shia Islam in Iraq Shia Islamist groups Rebel groups in Iraq