Ansar al-Sharia (Syria)

Ansar al-Sharia
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active	2 July 2015–Late 2015/early 2016 (defunct)
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

Syrian Armed Forces

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian Civil War

Ansar al-Sharia (Arabic: أنصار الشريعة‎, lit. 'Partisans of Islamic Law'‎) was 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".

As of late 2015/early 2016 they appear to be defunct.

As of October 2015^[update], the following groups participate in the operations room:

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