Ansar al-Sharia

Ansar al - Sharia (Arabic أنصار الشريعة Ansar al- Sharī ʿ a, followers of Islamic law ' ) is the name of various Islamist organizations in the Middle East and North Africa with ideological and personnel close to al - Qaeda, which emerged in the wake of the Arab Spring are.

• Ansar al - Sharia (Libya), in the summer of 2011, split off from the Martyrs Brigade of the February 17th Libyan militia is blamed for the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012
• Ansar al - Sharia (Tunisia ), founded in April 2011 Salafist organization, classified by the Tunisian government as a terrorist organization in August 2013
• Since April 2011, an alias of operating in Yemen al - Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( AQAP )

There also exist or existed in Egypt ( one since July 2012, one in July 2013), Mali (since December 2012), Libya ( Derna, 2011-2012), Morocco ( September to late October / early November 2012) and Mauritania (since June 2013), smaller groups with this name.