Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda

Saraya Ansari al-Aqeeda
سرايا انصار العقيده
Dates of operation2012-Present
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsThird Battle of Fallujah

Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda (Arabic: سرايا انصار العقيده, lit. 'Supporters of the Creed Brigade') is an Iraqi Shia Islamist militia.

History

Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda was formed in June 2014 by Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir and Iraqi Shiite militiamen who left to fight in Syria in 2012,[3] before returning to Iraq during the Islamic State offensives in 2014.[4]

In 2016, Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda started military campaigns in Fallujah against the Islamic State as revenge for the Islamic State killing some of Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda's soldiers.[5]

On October 12th 2023, Saraya al-Aqeeda would upload a YouTube video titled "اللواء ۲۸ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى" (English:The 28th Brigade congratulates the Palestinian people on Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) in which they congratulated Hamas for the actions they took during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ سرايا انصار العقيدة (2023-10-12). اللواء ٢٨ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى. Retrieved 2024-05-26 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ راضي, علي محسن (2014-07-20). "إعلان تشكيل سرايا أنصار العقيدة ضمن الحشد الشعبي". وكالة أنباء براثا (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  4. ^ Gulmohamad, Zana K. (April 29, 2016). "Iraq's Shia Militias: Helping or Hindering the Fight Against Islamic State?". Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  5. ^ "Is the Battle for Fallujah a Battle Against Fallujah?". Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy. 1 (1). June 15, 2016.
  6. ^ سرايا انصار العقيدة (2023-10-12). اللواء ٢٨ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى. Retrieved 2024-05-26 – via YouTube.