Also known as: Ansar al-Dine, Ansar al-Din, Ancar Dine, Ansar ul-Din, Ansar Eddine, Defenders of the Faith, Jum’a Ansar al-din al-salafiya, Harakat Ansar al-Dine, Harakat Ansar al-Din, Ansar Din, Ansar ed dine, Ansar Dine Sud, Ansar Dine katiba (brigade) Khalid Ibn al-Walid.

 

Previously a Salafi jihadist group, the organization sought to impose Sharia law across Mali. Following the group’s seizure of Timbuktu in 2012, the French led an intervention in direct response called Operation Serval. Ansar Dine later merged with other Islamist groups in Mali to form Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.

• Listing ID: 3733
• CATEGORIES SEARCH:: Jihadist, Islamist Extremist/Terror Org

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