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((Short description|Militant jihadist organization in Yemen))
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((infobox war faction
|name=((lang|ar|جماعة أنصار الشريعة))<br/>(Jamāʿat Anṣār aš-Šharīʿa)<br/>''Partisans of [[Shari'a]]''
|native_name_lang=ar
|war= the [[Yemeni Revolution]], [[War on Terror]], [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]],<br> and the [[Operation Inherent Resolve]]
|image=[[File:AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg|275px]]
|caption=[[Jihadist flag]] used by organization
|active=2011–present
|ideology= *[[Qutbism]]<ref>((cite web| title =Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)| url =http://www.counterextremism.com/threat/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-aqap| website = Counter Extremism Project| access-date = 23 April 2015))</ref>
*[[Salafi jihadism]]
*[[Religious nationalism]]<ref>((cite web| title = Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)| url = http://www.cfr.org/yemen/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-aqap/p9369| website = Council on Foreign Relations| date = 19 March 2015| access-date = 23 April 2015| archive-date = 15 May 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170515083237/http://www.cfr.org/yemen/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-aqap/p9369| url-status = dead))</ref>
|leaders=[[Nasir al-Wuhayshi]]((KIA))
<small>(2011–15)</small><ref name="AQAP leader killed">((cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/15/middleeast/yemen-aqap-leader-killed/index.html |title=Top al Qaeda leader reported killed in Yemen |author=Dana Ford |date=15 June 2015 |publisher=CNN |access-date=16 June 2015))</ref><br>[[Qasim al-Raymi]]((KIA)) <small>(2015–20)</small><ref name=confirmation>((cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security-qaeda-us-idUSL5N0Z20FA20150616 |title=Al Qaeda in Yemen says leader killed in U.S. bombing |date=16 June 2015 |work=Reuters |access-date=10 February 2017))</ref><br>[[Khalid Batarfi]] <small>(2020–present)</small><ref>((cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/aqap-confirms-death-leader-appoints-successor-180218706.html|title=AQAP confirms death of leader, appoints successor: SITE|website=news.yahoo.com))</ref>
|headquarters= [[Mukalla]], [[Hadhramaut Governorate|Hadhramaut]] (2015–2016)
|area=[[Yemen]]; [[Sana'a]] and the [[Abyan Governorate|Abyan]] region:&nbsp;[[Zinjibar]], [[Jaʿār|Ja'ar]], [[Shuqrah]] and surrounding areas.
|size=1,000–3000+<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10893889/Al-Qaeda-map-Isis-Boko-Haram-and-other-affiliates-strongholds-across-Africa-and-Asia.html |title=Al-Qaeda map: Isis, Boko Haram and other affiliates' strongholds across Africa and Asia |date=12 June 2014 |access-date=29 August 2014))</ref><ref>((cite book| title =The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UXNjAQAAQBAJ&q=Al-Qaeda+in+the+Arabian+Peninsula+few+thousand&pg=PA144| date = 2013|isbn = 9781440830105| access-date = 13 April 2015|last1 = Eland|first1 = Ivan))</ref>
|partof=((flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg|size=23px)) [[al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]]
|predecessor=
|allies=
*[[File:AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg|25px]] [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/africa/yemen-bomb-suicide-bomber-hits-military-parade-sanaa |title=Yemen bomb: Suicide bomber hit's military parade in Sanaa |publisher=GlobalPost |date=20 May 2012 |access-date=14 November 2013))</ref>
*((flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg)) [[al-Qaeda]]
|opponents='''State opponents'''
*((Flag|Yemen))
*((Flag|United States))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igInLZmzyAxD7PftqCUWHkcy8neA?docId=CNG.a6a1ba2d5337e04a4b1743d4dd0ee65b.361 |title=AFP: Yémen: l'armée, aidée par les Etats-Unis, progresse face à Al-Qaïda |access-date=14 November 2013))</ref>
*((flag|Saudi Arabia))
*((flag|United Arab Emirates))
'''Non-state opponents'''
*((flagicon image|Houthis Logo.png)) [[Houthis]]
*((flagdeco|South Yemen)) [[Southern Movement]]
*((flagdeco|ISIS)) [[Islamic State – Yemen Province]]
|battles='''[[al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen|Yemeni insurgency]]'''
*[[Battle of Zinjibar]]
*[[Siege of Dammaj]]
*[[Battle of Dofas]]
*[[2012 Abyan offensive]]
*[[2012 Sana'a bombing]] 
*[[2013 Sana'a attack]]
'''[[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]'''
*[[Southern Yemen offensive (2015)]]
*[[Battle of Mukalla (2015)]]
*[[Abyan clashes (2016–present)]]
|designated_as_terror_group_by=((UAE))<ref>((Cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/uae-publishes-list-of-terrorist-organisations-1.1412895|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141117190405/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/uae-publishes-list-of-terrorist-organisations-1.1412895|archive-date = 17 November 2014|title = UAE publishes list of terrorist organisations))</ref>
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'''Jama'at Ansar al-Shari'a''' (((lang-ar|جماعة أنصار الشريعة)); ''((transl|ar|ALA|Jamāʿat Anṣār aš-Šharīʿa))''), also known as '''Ansar al-Shari'a''', is a [[Yemen]]-based umbrella organization which includes units from several militant Islamic groups of [[al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] (AQAP).<ref>((cite news|author=Sudarsan Raghavan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/militants-linked-to-al-qaeda-emboldened-in-yemen/2011/06/12/AG88nISH_story.html |title=Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=22 February 2011 |access-date=14 November 2013))</ref> In 2011, AQAP created Ansar Al-Sharia as a Yemen-based affiliate focused on waging an insurgency rather than international attacks on the West.<ref name=":02">((Cite conference|last=International Crisis Group|title=Yemen's al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base|access-date=2017-02-02|date=2017-02-02|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/yemen/174-yemen-s-al-qaeda-expanding-base))</ref> In the view of the [[International Crisis Group]], AQAP is "an internally diverse organisation with varying layers of support among the local population" and many AAS members and allies are not committed to AQAP's international agenda.<ref name=":02" /> 

After the [[Battle of Zinjibar]] (May–September 2011), the faction had taken control of some cities in southern Yemen in which it has instated [[Islamic emirate|emirates]]. Ansar ash-Shari'a have also claimed responsibility for the [[2012 Sana'a bombing]] and the [[2013 Sana'a attack]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201252175919491219.html |title=Al-Qaeda claims deadly Yemen suicide blast – Middle East |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=14 November 2013))</ref> As of early 2017, AQAP and AAS were currently in a struggle for territorial control with the Houthi/Saleh forces in the governorates of al-Bayda, Shebwa, Marib, Jawf and Taiz.<ref name=":02"/>

On 4 October 2012, the [[United States Department of State]] amended its list of [[Foreign Terrorist Organization]]s to designate Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen as an alias for [[al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]], rather than listing it as a separate organisation. On the same day, the group was also listed by the United Nations 1267/1989 [[Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee]].<ref name=State041012>((cite web|title=Terrorist Designations of Ansar al-Sharia as an Alias for Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198659.htm|publisher=Department of State|access-date=7 October 2012))</ref> New Zealand<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/new-zealand/terrorism|title=Terrorism – New Zealand travel advice|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27))</ref> also listed it as a terror group.<ref>[http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/designated-entities-26-11-2014.pdf Designated Entities 26-11-2014]</ref>

In February 2015, it was reported that some members had split from the group and pledged allegiance to the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]].<ref name="the War on ISIS">((cite web|url=http://time.com/3723588/the-war-on-isis/|title=The War on ISIS|date=26 February 2015 ))</ref>

In January 2020, the group's leader Qasim al-Raymi, who also served as the leader of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, was killed in a U.S. airstrike.<ref name=raimidead>((Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/white-house-says-u-s-killed-qassim-al-rimi-leader-n1132076|title=White House says U.S. Killed Qassim al-Rimi, leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen|website=[[NBC News]]))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))
((Militant Islamism in the Middle East))
[[Category:Al-Qaeda allied groups]]
[[Category:Jihadist groups in Yemen]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist]]
[[Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Organizations of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organizations based in Yemen]]
[[Category:Rebel groups in Yemen]]
[[Category:Terrorism in Yemen]]
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