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    Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan (Kurdish: ئەنسارولئیسلام له کوردستاندا), simply called Ansar al-Islam (Kurdish: ئەنسارولئیسلام), is a Kurdish Islamist militant...
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  • Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: انصار الاسلام; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish...
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    allegiance to Ansar al-Islam, and its Arab members creating a group called Ansar al-Sunnah Shariah Committee, before changing its name to Ansar al-Ahlu Sunnah...
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  • The Ansar or Ansari (Arabic: الأنصار, romanized: al-Anṣār, lit. 'The Helpers’ or ‘Those who bring victory') are the local inhabitants of Medina who took...
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    Salafist group called Ansar al-Islam, along with the Kurdistan Islamic Group and Kurdistan Islamic Movement, set up the Islamic Emirate of Byara, with...
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    military conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan between the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam and its allies against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The...
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    controversies, many Ansar al-Islam leaders pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State. On 29 August 2014, over 50 Ansar al-Islam commanders, and high-ranking...
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  • Jabhat Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: جبهة أنصار الإسلام; Supporters of Islam Front), originally formed as Tajamu' Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: تجمع أنصار الإسلام;...
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    operation was to eliminate Ansar al-Islam and dismantle the Islamic Emirate of Byara. Ansar al-Islam was established by former Al-Qaeda members in 2001 as...
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    al-Islam was formed around a core of Moroccan fighters, the Green Battalion mainly had fighters from Saudi Arabia and Jaish al-Mujahireen wal-Ansar was...
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    White Flags (category Kurdish Islamic organisations)
    a militant Kurdish Islamonationalist group which are an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam. They are based in the disputed territories of northern Iraq opposed...
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    Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدين ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen), meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam) and also known as Ansar al-Din...
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    and also as Dawlat al-Islam (Arabic: دولة الإسلام). In April 2013, having expanded into Syria, the group adopted the name ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq...
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    a leading role in the decisive Operation Viking Hammer to oust the Ansar al-Islam terrorist organization, which was recognized as a major threat to Kurdistan's...
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  • and attacked the Islamic State. The clashes continued for months, in which the Islamic State defeated Ansar al-Islam. Some Ansar al-Islam militants and commanders...
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    (Bengali: আনসারুল্লাহ বাংলা টিম), also known as Ansar-al Islam Bangladesh/Ansar Bangla is an Islamic organization in Bangladesh, implicated in crimes...
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  • Abu Hashim Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman al-Ibrahim was the third leader of Ansar al-Islam, a Salafi Jihadi group operating in Iraq, until 2014. A native...
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  • Iraqi Kurdistan), is the former leader of Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna and Ansar al-Islam from early 2003 to 2010. He is a Kurdish veteran of jihad in Afghanistan...
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  • Al Ansar Football Club (Arabic: نادي الأنصار الرياضي, lit. 'The Supporters Sporting Club') is a football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut...
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  • Osbat al-Ansar or Asbat an-Ansar (Arabic: عصبة الأنصار, romanized: ʿUṣbat al-ʾAnṣār, "League of the Partisans") is a Sunni fundamentalist group established...
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    Support Group for Islam and Muslims') is a militant jihadist organisation in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina...
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    Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (Portuguese: Ansar al-Khilafah Brasil, Arabic: أنصار الخلافة البرازيل, romanized: Anṣār al-khilāfah al-Barāzīl, lit. 'Supporters...
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    Ansar al-Islam, a group with ties to al-Qaeda, in Iraqi Kurdistan. This battle was for control of the territory that was occupied by Ansar al-Islam....
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    merger between al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai and Ansar al Jihad. It was Al-Qaeda's branch in the Sinai peninsula, and is composed of many Al-Qaeda factions...
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  • military training. 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...
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    Rawti Shax (category Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
    mountain") was a Kurdish cyberterrorist offshoot of the jihadist group Ansar al-Islam. In October 2015, seventeen members, including the suspected leader...
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  • Battle of Kheli Hama (category Kurdish Islamism)
    The Battle of Kheli Hama was an ambush on the PUK by Ansar al-Islam in the village of Kheli Hama in the Halabja Governorate. It took place 13 days after...
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    Sahel (inactive since 2015) Ansar al-Islam (majority merged with ISIL in 2014) Ansar Dine (joined JNIM in 2017) Islamic Jihad of Yemen (became AQAP)...
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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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    Mullah Krekar (category Iraqi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam)
    Iraqi Kurdish Sunni Islamic scholar and militant who was the founder and former leader of Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam. He is currently serving...
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