Ansar al-Sharia (Syria)

Ansar al-Sharia
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
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Active	2 July 2015–Present
Groups	Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Jabhat Ansar al-Din Syrian Turkmen Brigades Al-Fawj al-Awal Harakat Mujahidi al-Islam Fajr al-Khilafa Brigades Liwa Ansar al-Khilafa Siraya al-Ma'ad Kitaba al-Suhaba Jund Allah
Area of operations	Aleppo, Syria
Allies	Fatah Halab Mare' Operations Room Jaysh Halab Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Syrian Air Force National Defence Force Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian Democratic Forces People's Protection Units The Revolutionary Army
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo

Ansar al-Sharia (Arabic: أنصار الشريعة‎, lit. 'Partisans of Islamic Law'‎) is a joint operations room of Islamist Syrian rebel factions that operate in Aleppo, Syria. Its stated aim is seizing the city of Aleppo from regime forces 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 considered Ansar al-Sharia as one of the "powerbrokers" in Aleppo Province, being primarily "anti-regime" but not necessarily "anti-ISIS".

Participants

As of October 2015, the following groups participate in the operations room:

• Jabhat al-Nusra
• Harakat Mujahidi al-Islam
• Ansar Khilafah Brigade
• Ahrar ash-Sham
• Kateebat al-Tawheed wa’l-Jihad
• Al-Fawj al-Awal
• Abu Amara Brigades
• Jabhat Ansar al-Din
• Fajr al-Khilafa Brigades
• Sultan Murad Division
• Saraya al-Mee’ad
• Kateebat al-Sahabah
• Jund Allah

See also

• Fatah Halab
• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

External links

• Ansar al-Sharia's YouTube Channel

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