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 ( ar, جماعة أنصار الشريعة; '), 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 (AQ ...

* Ansarul Sharia Pakistan *

Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL, ar, أنصار الشريعة بليبيا, English: Supporters of Islamic Law) was a Salafist Islamist militia and Al-Qaeda-aligned group that advocated the implementation of Sharia law across Libya. Ansar al-Sh ...

Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya) Ansar al-Sharia is the 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 during the 2011 Libyan civil war. The group was r ...

Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia ( ar, أنصار الشريعة في تونس, "''Supporters of Islamic Law in Tunisia''") is a radical Islamist group that operates in Tunisia. In 2013, the group was estimated to have roughly 10,000 members. It has b ...

Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) ( Partisans of Islamic Law) is a radical Islamist group that operates in the Azawad region of Mali. Background Following the Azawad insurgency in 2012, the northern region of Mali achieved de facto independence fro ...

* Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) *

Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) Ansar Al-Sharia fi Bilad Sinqit, better known as Ansar al-Sharia in Mauritania (English: Partisans of Islamic Law) is a radical Islamist group that operates in Mauritania. Background The Mauritanian Ansar al-Sharia was established by Islamists j ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

** Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) (reportedly defunct in 2015, officially self-disbanded 2017.05.27)

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