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    بلاد السودان Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel, is an Islamic...
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  • with Ansaru, killing their leader Abu Osama al-Ansari. As a result of this, and other arrests of Ansaru leaders by the Nigerian government, Ansaru did...
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    gang has suffered defeats, most notably losing 30 men in a battle with an Ansaru cell. Kachalla was killed on 11 December 2023. Before his death, Kachalla...
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  • The two frequently clashed, and Abu Musab even temporarily defected to Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group, in 2013. On 27 January 2015, he released a...
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    the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. The exact origin of Ansaru is unclear, but it had already existed as Boko Haram faction before officially...
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    as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (Boko Haram), under Shekau's control; and Ansaru which is loyal to al-Qaeda and rejected the caliphate of al-Bagdadi, though...
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  • of Shekau with ISIL remains confused and ambiguous. The exact origin of Ansaru is unclear, but it had already existed as Boko Haram faction before officially...
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  • Medical Centre School of Medical Laboratory (private) Baptist High School, Ansaru-ud-deen High School, Okere Grammar School Parapo Community High School,...
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    to operate in the Central African region, including the Seleka and the Ansaru. Over the course of the 2010s, the internationally unrecognized secessionist...
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  • Iraq, Japan, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Canada Ansaru United Nations, Bahrain, Iraq, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United...
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    Frederick Lugard took the city in 1901. A French hostage of the Islamist group Ansaru, held captive at Zaria, escaped in 2013 and reached a police station in...
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    The group has taken numerous names throughout its history, including "Ansaru Allah Community", "Holy Tabernacle Ministries", "United Nuwaubian Nation...
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  • Ansar Allah or Ansarullah (anṣāru llāhi أنصار الله) is the Arabic for "Helpers/Supporters of God". It may refer to: the Houthi movement in Yemen Ansarullah...
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  • On April 5, 2022, militants from Ansaru attacked a Nigerian military base in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The attack killed seventeen soldiers...
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    Nigerian jihadist volunteers (2012–13) Boko Haram (2012–13) (2023-present) Ansaru (2012–13) Islamic State - Sahil Province Commanders and leaders Assimi Goïta...
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  • conflict between Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram (including their offshoot Ansaru) and the Nigerian government. Boko Haram have carried out many attacks against...
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    such as Abu Usmatul al-Ansari's Salafist conservative faction and the Ansaru faction, Shekau became the insurgency's de facto leader and mostly kept...
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  •  Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan  Black Flag  Al-Qaeda, flag of Jihad (with white text)  Ansaru (with multicolored emblem)  Caucasus Emirate, Jihadist organisation in Russia...
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    al-Barnawi. Other groups supported by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb such as Ansaru, who were driven from Mali due to the French-led Operation Serval have surfaced...
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    Al Murabitun Al Qaeda Al-Shabaab Ansar al-Islam Ansar Al Sharia Tunisia Ansaru Ansar Bait al-Maqdis Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Vanguard for the...
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  • north of the country, Western hostages have also been taken (mostly by Ansaru), in addition to the kidnappings perpetrated by Boko Haram. The following...
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    of Shekau with ISIL remains confused and ambiguous. The exact origin of Ansaru is unclear, but it had already existed as Boko Haram faction before officially...
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  • southwestern Nigeria. In the west, it began to compete with a reemerged Ansaru, while organizing anti-government ambushes, terrorist attacks, and assassinations...
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  • easily." On the night of July 5, Islamic State militants, with the aid with Ansaru, launched three simultaneous attacks on different sides of the prison. Immediately...
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  • the opposition National Front and other followers of Mohammad Mossadegh. Ansaru, Ali (2014). Modern Iran. Routledge. p. 189. ISBN 978-1317864981. Alamouti...
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    k.a. Ansar Jerusalem) Gaza Strip, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula) 2012–present Ansaru Nigeria 2012–present Osbat al-Ansar (AAA) Lebanon 1985–present Bangsamoro...
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    by Islamists in modern Nigeria. For example, the Jihadist militant group Ansaru has vowed to revive the Sokoto Caliphate in order to restore the "lost dignity...
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    increasingly directly challenged by jihadist militant groups. Boko Haram and Ansaru were the most active and well known. In April 2012, the MNJTF's mandate...
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    IS-GS Boko Haram (from 2006, partially aligned with ISIL since 2015) ISWAP Ansaru Islamic Movement of Nigeria Commanders and leaders Assimi Goïta Choguel...
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    (2015–17) MOJWA (2011–13) Nigerian jihadist volunteers Boko Haram (2012–13) Ansaru (2012–13)  Islamic State Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Withdrawal...
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