Ansar al-Sharia (Syria)
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Ansar al-Sharia (Arabic: أنصار الشريعة, lit. 'Partisans of Islamic Law') was a joint operations room of Sunni Islamist and Salafist 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.[4]
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Ansar al-Sharia | |
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أنصار الشريعة | |
Dates of operation | 2 July 2015[1]–Late 2015/early 2016 (defunct) |
Headquarters | Aleppo |
Active regions | Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
Allies | Fatah Halab[2] |
Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
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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 Governorate, being primarily "anti-regime" but not necessarily "anti-ISIS".[4]