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    Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL, Arabic: أنصار الشريعة بليبيا, lit. 'Supporters of Sharia') was an Al-Qaeda-aligned Salafi Jihadist militia group that advocated...
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  • structure. Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) Ansarul Sharia Pakistan Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (until...
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  • Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (Arabic: أنصار الشريعة في تونس, romanized: Supporters of Sharia in Tunisia) is a Salafi Jihadist group that operates in Tunisia...
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    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...
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    groups. Among those who joined were many members of the Derna branch of Ansar al-Sharia. During the next few months, they declared war on anyone in Derna who...
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  • Battle of Benghazi (2014) (category Military operations of the Libyan civil war (2014–2020) in 2014)
    Libyan National Army, and some residents which stood with the army in the city. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries led by Ansar al-Sharia (Libya)...
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    by Ansar al-Sharia, which had the support of the GNC and was defeated in Benghazi in 2017; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL's) Libyan provinces;...
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  • Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (category 2014 establishments in Libya)
    military coalition in Benghazi, Libya, composed of Islamist and jihadist militias, including Ansar al-Sharia, Libya Shield 1, and several other groups...
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    June 2014). "Profile: Libya's Ansar al-Sharia". BBC News. Hashem, Mostafa (27 May 2017). "Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia says it is dissolving"...
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    al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar al-Sharia and several other al-Qaeda affiliated groups. The capture of Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, a senior al-Qaeda...
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    AAD), was a Salafi jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ansar Dine sought to impose absolute sharia across Mali. The group took over the city of Timbuktu...
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    incident in coordination with the Ansar al Sharia and the Libyan Shield Forces. "Libyan Dawn: Map of allies and enemies". Al Arabiya English. August 25, 2014...
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  • al-Taliah al-Salafiyah al-Mujahediyah Ansar al-Sharia (English: Fighting Salafist Vanguard – Partisans of Islamic Law), better known by the name Ansar...
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    Benghazi, Libya, by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia. On September 11, 2012, at 9:40 p.m. local time, members of Ansar al-Sharia attacked...
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    Revolutionaries, led by Ansar al-Sharia (Libya), which has had the support of the GNC; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL's) Libyan provinces; as...
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  • new group called Ansar al-Sharia, a name used by recently founded organizations in a number of Muslim countries including Yemen, Libya and Tunisia. Most...
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    Sean Smith (diplomat) (category People murdered in Libya)
    was played by actor Christopher Dingli. Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) – Salafist jihadist group in Libya First Libyan Civil War – 2011 armed conflictPages displaying...
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  • Look up ansar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ansar, Al Ansar, or Al-Ansar may refer to: Al-Ansar (Iraq), a Communist guerrilla group in Iraq active...
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  • June 2014). "Profile: Libya's Ansar al-Sharia". BBC News. Hashem, Mostafa (27 May 2017). "Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia says it is dissolving"...
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  • Tahrir al-Sham as a terrorist organization. Iraq and United States lists Ansar al-Sharia in Libya as two separate organizations: Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi...
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    Ghriba synagogue bombing in 2002. Starting in 2012, AQIM along with Ansar al-Sharia and the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade active in the mountainous Jebel ech Chambi...
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    breakdown of state control in Libya and Syria in 2014, and the U.S. retreat from Afghanistan in 2021. In the words of Madawi al Rasheed, Salafi jihadism is...
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    formerly associated with Ansar al-Sharia in Libya. Wilayat Sinai formed from the majority of the membership of Egypt's Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Wilayat Yemen...
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    latest video claims to have links with Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which has a record of trying to down planes. Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) Ahmed Ashoush, in 2012, claimed...
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    February 2013. "India's reaction to Mali conflict differs from Syrian, Libyan crises". The Times of India. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original...
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    Houthi movement (redirect from Ansar Allah)
    movement (/ˈhuːθi/; Arabic: الحوثيون al-Ḥūthiyūn [al.ħuː.θi.juːn]), officially known as Ansar Allah (أنصار الله ʾAnṣār Allāh, lit. 'Supporters of God'),...
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    J. Christopher Stevens (category 2012 murders in Libya)
    diversionary. Libyan president Muhammad Magariaf blamed elements of Ansar al-Sharia for the killing, linking them to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Libyan officials...
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    Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017) (category Military operations of the Libyan civil war (2014–2020))
    University of Benghazi between Ansar al-Sharia and the army, as well as areas around the February 17 camp. Units of the Libyan Army also clashed with the...
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  • He later became a member of Ansar al-Islam. Ansar al-Islam evolved into Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna and Qaduli was a sharia authority in this group. According...
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    Al-Nusra Front  Syria No 2012–2017 Ansar al-Islam  Iraq No 2001–2003 Angola  Portugal Yes 1961–1975 Ansar al-Sharia (Libya)  Libya No 2014–2017 Ansar...
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