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Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan

Index Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan

Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan (ئەنسارولئیسلامله کوردستاندا),Chalk, Peter, Encyclopedia of Terrorism Volume 1, 2012, ABC-CLIO simply called Ansar al-Islam (ئەنسارولئیسلام), is a Kurdish Islamist militant and separatist group. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 140 relations: Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i, Abu Hashim al-Ibrahim, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades, Ahrar al-Sham, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Al-Hayat, Al-Masdar News, Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Aleppo, Ali Bapir, Ansar al-Din Front, Ansar al-Sham, Assi al-Qawali, Associated Press, Australia, Ayad Allawi, Baghdad, Barbara Walters, Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016), Battle of Kheli Hama, Bob Woodward, Chemical warfare, Christianity, Colin Powell, Congressional Research Service, Dagens Eko, Dagens Nyheter, Damascus, Defense Intelligence Agency, Diyala Governorate, Eid al-Fitr, Erbil, Falafel, Fall of Kabul (2001), FDD's Long War Journal, Franso Hariri, Front organization, Germany, Hamrin Mountains, Hawala, Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian League Organization, Hurras al-Din, Idlib, Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019), ... Expand index (90 more) »

  2. 2001 establishments in Iraq
  3. Al-Qaeda allied groups
  4. Factions in the Iraq War
  5. Jihadist groups in Iraq
  6. Kurdish Islamic organisations
  7. Kurdish Islamism
  8. Organisations designated as terrorist by Australia
  9. Organisations designated as terrorist by Japan
  10. Organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain
  11. Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq
  12. Organizations designated as terrorist by Israel
  13. Organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates
  14. Paramilitary organizations based in Iraq
  15. Qutbist organisations
  16. Salafi Jihadist groups

Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i

Wirya Salih (ویریا ساڵح), known as Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i (ابو عبدالله الشافعي; Father of Abdullah, the Shafi'i), (born in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan), is the former leader of Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna and Ansar al-Islam from early 2003 to 2010.

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Abu Hashim al-Ibrahim

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.

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ,, Father of Musab, from Zarqa;; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (أَحْمَدُ فَضِيلِ ٱلنَّزَالِ ٱلْخَلَايْلَةَ), was a Jordanian jihadist who ran a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011).

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades

The Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades (ألوية أحفاد الرسول Al-wiat Aḥfād ar-Rasūl, "Grandsons of the Prophet Brigades") was a Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Ahrar al-Sham

Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya (lit), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition of multiple Islamist units that coalesced into a single brigade and later a division in order to fight against the Syrian Government led by Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Ahrar al-Sham are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist and organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates.

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Ajnad al-Kavkaz

Ajnad al-Kavkaz (AK or AAK; أجناد القوقاز) is a Chechen-led Salafi jihadist militant group in northwestern Syria, operating primarily in the mountainous and forested areas of Latakia Governorate. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Ajnad al-Kavkaz are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Al-Hayat

Al-Hayat (الحياة Life) was a London-based, pan-Arab newspaper owned by Saudi Prince Khalid bin Sultan, that had a circulation estimated over 200,000.

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Al-Masdar News

Al-Masdar News (sometimes abbreviated AMN) (المصدر نيوز) was an online newspaper founded by Leith Abou Fadel.

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Al-Nusra Front

Al-Nusra Front, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, was a Salafi jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and al-Nusra Front are al-Qaeda allied groups, Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria, organisations designated as terrorist by Australia, organisations designated as terrorist by Japan, organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist, organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain, organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq, organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates, Qutbist organisations and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and al-Qaeda are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, Factions in the Iraq War, organisations designated as terrorist by Australia, organisations designated as terrorist by Japan, organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist, organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain, organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, organizations designated as terrorist by Israel, organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates, Qutbist organisations and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (two rivers), more commonly known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), was a Salafi jihadist organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and al-Qaeda in Iraq are Factions in the Iraq War, jihadist groups in Iraq, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist, organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq and paramilitary organizations based in Iraq.

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Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.

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Ali Bapir

Ali Bapir, also known as Mamosta Ali Bapir, (عه‌لی باپیر) is a Kurdish Islamic scholar and politician in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Ansar al-Din Front

Jabhat Ansar al-Din (جبهة أنصار الدين, The Supporters of the Religion Front) is a jihadist alliance that announced itself on 25 July 2014, during the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Ansar al-Din Front are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Ansar al-Sham

Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham (كتائب أنصار الشام, Supporters of the Levant Battalions) is an armed Sunni Islamist rebel group active in the Syrian Civil War, mainly fighting against Syrian government forces. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Ansar al-Sham are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Assi al-Qawali

Assi al-Qawali is an Iraqi-Kurdish insurgent leader and a former Peshmerga volunteer that is allegedly the leader of the White Flags which is believed to be a splinter group of Ansar al-Islam by the government of Iraq and some observers.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Ayad Allawi

Ayad Allawi (إيَاد عَلَّاوِي; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.

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Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.

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Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)

The Battle of Aleppo (Maʿrakat Ḥalab) was a major military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, between the Syrian opposition (including the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front) against the Syrian government, supported by Hezbollah, Shia militias and Russia, and against the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units (YPG).

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Battle of Kheli Hama

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. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Battle of Kheli Hama are Kurdish Islamism.

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Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist.

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Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005.

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Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress.

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Dagens Eko

Dagens Eko ("Echo of the day") – often shortened to Ekot ("The echo") – is the news service of Swedish national radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio.

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Dagens Nyheter

(), abbreviated DN, is a daily newspaper in Sweden.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.

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Defense Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence.

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Diyala Governorate

Diyala Governorate (محافظة ديالى) or Diyala Province is a governorate in northeastern Iraq.

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Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr (lit) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha).

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Erbil

Erbil (أربيل,; ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ), also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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Falafel

Falafel (فلافل) is a deep-fried ball or patty-shaped fritter of Egyptian origin, featuring in Middle Eastern cuisine, particularly Levantine cuisines, and is made from broad beans, ground chickpeas, or both.

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Fall of Kabul (2001)

Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, fell in November 2001 to the Northern Alliance forces during the War in Afghanistan.

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FDD's Long War Journal

FDD's Long War Journal (LWJ) is an American news website, also described as a blog, which reports on the War on terror.

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Franso Hariri

Franso Toma Hariri (ܦܪܢܣܘ ܚܪܝܪܝ, فەڕەنسۆ هەریری.; 1937 – February 18, 2001), was an Iraqi Assyrian politician, and a high-ranking and long-standing Kurdistan Democratic Party member and head of the KDP block of the Kurdistan Region Parliament.

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Front organization

A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, terrorist organizations, secret societies, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy groups, or corporations.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hamrin Mountains

The Hamrin Mountains (Jabāl Hamrīn, Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq.

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Hawala

Hawala or hewala (حِوالة ḥawāla, meaning transfer or sometimes trust), originating in India as havala (हवाला), also known as havaleh in Persian, and xawala or xawilaad in Somali, is a popular and informal value transfer system based on the performance and honour of a huge network of money brokers (known as hawaladars).

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (Ḥizbu 'llāh) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Hezbollah are jihadist groups in Iraq, jihadist groups in Syria, organisations designated as terrorist by Australia, organisations designated as terrorist by Japan, organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist and organizations designated as terrorist by Canada.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Humanitarian League Organization

Humanitarian League Organization (ڕێکخراوی ڕابیتەی مرۆیی) which formerly known as The Islamic Kurdish League (Rabitay Islamy Kurd), is a Kurdish Sunni Islamic Charity organization, in Iraqi Kurdistan. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Humanitarian League Organization are Kurdish Islamic organisations.

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Hurras al-Din

Tanzim Hurras al-Din (lit) also known as Al-Qaeda in Syria, is a Salafi Jihadist organization fighting in the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Hurras al-Din are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Iraq, jihadist groups in Syria, organisations designated as terrorist by Australia, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist and Qutbist organisations.

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Idlib

Idlib (ʾIdlib,; also spelt Idleb or Edlib) is a city in northwestern Syria, and is the capital of the Idlib Governorate.

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Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019)

The Idlib demilitarization was an agreement between Turkey and Russia to create a demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate, to be patrolled by military forces from Russia and Turkey.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iran–Iraq border

The Iran–Iraq border runs for 1,599 km (994 mi) from the tripoint with Turkey in the north down to the Shatt al-Arab (known as Arvand Rud in Iran) waterway and out to the Persian Gulf in the south.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Iraqi Feyli Islamic Council

Iraqi Feyli Islamic Council is Shia Islamist political party in Iraq made up of Feyli Kurds. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Iraqi Feyli Islamic Council are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)

The Iraqi insurgency was an insurgency that began in late 2011 after the end of the Iraq War and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, resulting in violent conflict with the central government, as well as low-level sectarian violence among Iraq's religious groups.

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Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq.

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Iraqi Kurdistan conflict (2001–2003)

From 2001 to 2003, there was a military conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan between the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam and its allies against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

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Islamic Emirate of Byara

The Islamic Emirate of Byara was a short-lived unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state located in the Halabja Governorate ruled by sharia law which declared independence from Iraq in 2001.

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Islamic Front (Syria)

The Islamic Front (الجبهة الإسلامية, al-Jabhat al-Islāmiyyah) was a Sunni Islamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil War, which was formed by the union of seven separate groups on 22 November 2013. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Islamic Front (Syria) are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Islamic Party of Kurdistan

Islamic Party of Kurdistan (Partiya Îslamiya Kurdistan) is a Kurdish (Sunni) Islamist organisation established in 1979 and led-by Muhammad Salih Mustafa. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Islamic Party of Kurdistan are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Islamic state

An Islamic state has a form of government based on sharia law.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Islamic State are Factions in the Iraq War, organisations designated as terrorist by Australia, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist, organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain, organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq, organizations designated as terrorist by Israel, organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah (Helpers of Sunnah), also known as Jaish Ansar al-Sunna (Army of the Helpers of Sunnah), Ali ibn Abi Talib Battalion or simply as Ansar al-Sunnah was an Iraqi Sunni insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies during the Iraq War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna are al-Qaeda allied groups, Factions in the Iraq War, organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist and paramilitary organizations based in Iraq.

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Jihadism

Jihadism is a neologism for militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Jund al-Islam

Jund al-Islam was an active armed insurgent group affiliated with al-Qaeda operating primarily in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Jund al-Islam are Qutbist organisations and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Kirkuk

Kirkuk (كركوك; translit;; Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad.

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Kurdish Hezbollah

Kurdish Hezbollah (Hizbullahî Kurdî, Kürt Hizbullahı), turkishweekly.net or Hizbullah,Aslı Aydıntaşbaş,, Middle East Quarterly, June 2000, pp. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdish Hezbollah are Kurdish Islamic organisations, Kurdish Islamism and organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist.

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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah

The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (حیزبوڵڵای شۆڕشگێڕی کوردی) was a splinter group of the Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdish-Islamic synthesis

Kurdish-Islamic synthesis, or Kurdish-Islamic nationalism (Sorani: کوردایەتیی ئیسلامی; Kurmanji: Kurdayetîya Îslamî) is a form of Kurdish nationalism which is Islamist in nature, unlike mainstream Kurdish nationalism, which is secularist in nature. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdish-Islamic synthesis are Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdistan

Kurdistan (lit), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.

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Kurdistan Brigades

The Kurdistan Brigades, are a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Iran. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdistan Brigades are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdistan Democratic Party

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

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Kurdistan Islamic Movement

The Kurdistan Islamic Movement (translit, in the Kurmanji dialect) is a Kurdish Islamist party founded in 1987 by mufti Osman Abdulaziz and several other Kurdish Islamic scholars who were all part of the non-political "Union of Religious Scholars" group. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdistan Islamic Movement are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdistan Islamic Union

Kurdistan Islamic Union (یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان;Yekgirtiya Îslamî ya Kurdistanê), colloquially referred to as Yekgirtû, is a Kurdish Islamist party in Iraqi Kurdistan. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdistan Islamic Union are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdistan Justice Group

The Kurdistan Justice Group (translit), formerly the Kurdistan Islamic Group (translit), is a movement in Iraqi Kurdistan established in May 2001 by Ali Bapir, a former leader of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan and a former deputy of the Islamic Emirate of Byara. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Kurdistan Justice Group are 2001 establishments in Iraq, Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Region (KRI; Herêmî Kurdistan; Herêma Kurdistanê; Iqlīm Kurdistān) is an autonomous administrative entity within the Republic of Iraq.

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Kurds

Kurds or Kurdish people (rtl, Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

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Latakia Governorate

Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, (مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017)

This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2013–2017).

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List of designated terrorist groups

Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist.

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Mosul

Mosul (al-Mawṣil,,; translit; Musul; Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate.

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Mullah Krekar

Najmadin Vahid Faraj Ahmad (نەجمەدین وەحید فەرەج ئەحمەد, July 7, 1956), better known as Mullah Krekar (مه‌لا کرێکار), is an Iraqi Kurdish Sunni Islamic scholar and militant who was the founder and former leader of Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam.

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Nasheed

A Nasheed (plural) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)

The 2019 northwestern Syria offensive, codenamed "Dawn of Idlib", was a military operation launched on 30 April 2019 by the Syrian Armed Forces and its allies against rebel groups in northwestern Syria during the Syrian civil war in a region known as "Greater Idlib", consisting of northwest Hama, southern Idlib and northeastern Latakia provinces.

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Operation Viking Hammer

Operation Viking Hammer was an unconventional warfare operation during the Iraq War which took place in northern Iraq, commonly known as Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.

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Pashtuns

Pashtuns (translit), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are a nomadic, pastoral, Eastern Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. They historically were also referred to as Afghans until the 1970s after the term's meaning had become a demonym for members of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.

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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; translit) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq.

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Paul Moran (photojournalist)

Paul William Moran (30 May 1963 – 22 March 2003) was a freelance photojournalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and an experienced international journalist.

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Peshmerga

The Peshmerga (پێشمەرگه) comprise the standing military of Kurdistan Region, an autonomous political entity within the Republic of Iraq.

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Qutbism

Qutbism (al-Quṭbīyah) is an exonym that refers to the beliefs and ideology of Sayyid Qutb, a leading Islamist revolutionary of the Muslim Brotherhood who was executed by the Egyptian government in 1966.

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Rafik Yousef

Rafik Mohammad Yousef (27 August 1974 – 17 September 2015) was a Kurdish Islamist terrorist who was tried and convicted for plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister of Iraq during his visit to Germany in 2004, served time, and, after being released from prison, was shot and killed when he attacked a German police officer with a knife in Berlin on 17 September 2015. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Rafik Yousef are Kurdish Islamism.

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Rawti Shax

Rawti Shax (ڕەوتی شاخ; "towards the mountain") was a Kurdish cyberterrorist offshoot of the jihadist group Ansar al-Islam. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Rawti Shax are Kurdish Islamic organisations and Kurdish Islamism.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rohan Gunaratna

Professor Rohan Gunaratna (born 1961) is a threat specialist of the global security environment.

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Rouse the Believers Operations Room

The Rouse the Believers Operations Room (Ghurfat Eamaliat wa-Harid al-Mu'minin) (also commonly translated as the And Incite the Believers Operations Room) was a coalition of Salafist jihadist insurgent groups in northwestern Syria during the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Rouse the Believers Operations Room are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.

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Sage Publishing

Sage Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent academic publishing company, founded in 1965 in New York City by Sara Miller McCune and now based in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California.

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Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence

The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence (formally, the Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq) was the report by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence concerning the U.S. intelligence community's assessments of Iraq during the time leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Separatism

Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group.

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Sharia

Sharia (sharīʿah) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith.

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Soviet–Afghan War

The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.

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Special Activities Center

The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Sunni Triangle

The Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Sunni Triangle are Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011).

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Supreme Court of Sweden

The Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta domstolen, HD) is the supreme court and the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in the Kingdom of Sweden.

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Svea Court of Appeal

Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt), located in Stockholm, is one of six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system, as well as the oldest Swedish court currently in use (the Supreme Court being constituted only in 1789, over 150 years later).

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Swedish krona

The krona (plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden.

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Swedish Security Service

The Swedish Security Service (Säkerhetspolisen, abbreviated SÄPO; until 1989 Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning, abbreviated RPS/Säk) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Justice.

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Sydsvenskan

Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten, generally known simply as Sydsvenskan (The South Swedish), is a daily newspaper published in Scania in Sweden.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrian Armed Forces

The Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF; al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Syrian Army

The Syrian Army (SyA or SA), officially the Syrian Arab Army (SyAA or SAA) (al-Jayš al-ʿArabī as-Sūrī), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Syrian Democratic Forces

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-led coalition formed by ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

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Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Taliban are al-Qaeda allied groups, organizations designated as terrorist by Canada and organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates.

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Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria

The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP; الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني في سوريا Türkistan İslam Partisi, 突厥斯坦伊斯兰党) is the Syrian branch of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an armed Uyghur Jihadist group with a presence in the Syrian Civil War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, jihadist groups in Syria and Qutbist organisations.

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Tuz Khurmatu

Tuz Khurmatu (طوزخورماتو, Tuzhurmatu, translit, also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located south of Kirkuk.

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United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States invasion of Afghanistan

Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the United States declared the war on terror and subsequently led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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United States Secretary of State

The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.

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United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the federal government of the United States that provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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War on terror

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global counterterrorist military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars.

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Western Europe

Western Europe is the western region of Europe.

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White Flags

The White Flags (ئاڵا سپییەکان), also known as Sufyaniyyun, are a Kurdish Islamonationalist militant group which are an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and White Flags are jihadist groups in Iraq, Kurdish Islamic organisations, Kurdish Islamism, organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist, organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq, Qutbist organisations and Salafi Jihadist groups.

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Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)

The withdrawal of the United States troops from Iraq began in December 2007 with the end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was mostly completed by December 2011, bringing an end to the Iraq War. Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan and withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011) are Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011).

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Yarsanism

Yarsanism (translit), Ahl-e Haqq (script; اهل حق), or Kaka'i, is an inherited, syncretic religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran.

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10th Special Forces Group (United States)

The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (10th SFG (A), or 10th Group) is an active duty United States Army Special Forces (SF) Group.

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2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War.

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2016 Aleppo summer campaign

The 2016 Aleppo summer campaign started with a military operation launched on the northern outskirts of Aleppo in late June 2016, by the Syrian Arab Army.

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2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

The 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, also known as the Kirkuk crisis, was a conflict in which the Iraqi government retook disputed territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive in 2014.

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See also

2001 establishments in Iraq

Al-Qaeda allied groups

Factions in the Iraq War

Jihadist groups in Iraq

Kurdish Islamic organisations

Kurdish Islamism

Organisations designated as terrorist by Australia

Organisations designated as terrorist by Japan

Organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain

Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq

Organizations designated as terrorist by Israel

Organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates

Paramilitary organizations based in Iraq

Qutbist organisations

Salafi Jihadist groups

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam_in_Kurdistan

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