Ansar al-Sharia ( ar, أنصار الشريعة, lit=Partisans of Islamic Law) was a joint
operations room
A control room or operations room is a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. It is often part of a larger command center.
Overview
A control room's purpose is produc ...
of
Sunni Islamist and
Salafist
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three generati ...
rebel factions that operate in
Aleppo,
Syria. Its stated aim is seizing the city of Aleppo from the
Syrian government in order to administer the city under
Sharia law on the basis of a joint charter.
In an October 2015 publication, the Washington D.C.-based
Institute for the Study of War
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is a United States–based think tank founded in 2007 by Kimberly Kagan, providing research and analysis regarding issues of defense and foreign affairs. It has produced reports on the Syrian War, the Wa ...
considered Ansar al-Sharia as one of the "powerbrokers" in
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of t ...
, being primarily "anti-regime" but not necessarily "anti-
ISIS
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...
".
Participants
, the following groups participate in the operations room:
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Al-Nusra Front
* Mujahideen of Islam Movement
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Supporters of the Caliphate Brigade
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Ahrar ash-Sham
Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...
* 1st Regiment
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Ansar al-Din Front
* Dawn of the Caliphate Brigades
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Sultan Murad Brigade
* Saraya al-Mee’ad
* Companions Battalion
* Soldiers of God Battalion
See also
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Fatah Halab
Fatah Halab ( ar, فتح حلب, Fataḥ Ḥalab, lit=Conquest of Aleppo), or Aleppo Conquest, was a joint operations room of Syrian rebel factions operating in and around Aleppo, Syria. Succeeding the Aleppo Liberation operations room, its est ...
*
List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Syrian Civil War as belligerents.
Syrian Arab Republic and allies
A number of sources have emphasized that as of at least late-2015/early-2016 the Syrian Arab Republic ...
References
Sources
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External links
Ansar al-Sharia's YouTube Channel
{{Syrian Civil War
Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war
Operations rooms of the Syrian civil war
Aleppo Governorate in the Syrian civil war
Jihadist groups in Syria
Salafi Islamist groups