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Guardians of Religion

September 26, 2019 Guardians of Religion Country: syria

The Guardians of Religion Organization is an armed insurgent group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and fighting in the Syrian Civil War. The head of the group, Abu Humam al-Shami, was formerly a member of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and previously the al-Nusra Front,[...]

Ansar al-Sharia

September 5, 2019 Ansar al-Sharia Country: libya

Ansar al-Sharia in Libya was a Salafist Islamist militia group that advocated the implementation of strict Sharia law across Libya. Ansar al-Sharia came into being in 2011, during the Libyan Civil War. Until January 2015, it was led by its "Amir",[...]

Hezbollah Al-Hejaz

August 30, 2019 Hezbollah Country: saudi arabia

Hezbollah Al-Hejaz (Party of God in the Hejaz) or Hizbollah in the Hijaz or the Saudi Hizbollah, is a militant organization operating in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. It is a Shia organization founded in May 1987 in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern[...]

Ansaru

July 26, 2019 Ansaru Country: nigeria

The Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa (better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel) is an Islamic fundamentalist...

Hofstad Network

July 18, 2019 Hofstad Network Country: netherlands

The Hofstad Network was an Islamist terror group composed mostly of Dutch citizens. The terror group is composed mainly of young men between the ages of 18 and 32. The name "Hofstad" was originally the codename the Dutch secret service AIVD[...]

Takfir wal-Hijra

July 12, 2019 Takfir wal-Hijra Country: egypt

Takfir wal-Hijra was the popular name given to a radical Islamist group Jama'at al-Muslimin founded by Shukri Mustafa which emerged in Egypt in the 1960s as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although the group was crushed by Egyptian security forces[...]

Jundallah

July 10, 2019 Jundallah Country: iran islamic republic

Jundallah also known as People's Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI), is a Sunni terrorist organization based in Sistan and Baluchestan, a southeastern region of Iran...