Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda explained

Saraya Ansari al-Aqeeda
Native Name:	سرايا انصار العقيده
Native Name Lang:	ar
Active:	2012-Present
Allies:	Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib Hezbollah^[1] Hamas^[2]
Opponents:	Islamic State
Battles:	Third Battle of Fallujah
War:	Syrian civil warIraqi insurgency

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 Ansari 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 16 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325074712/https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PF138Appendices/PF138_Appendix_2.pdf . 25 March 2016 . dead .
2. اللواء ٢٨ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى . 2023-10-12 . سرايا انصار العقيدة . 2024-05-26 . YouTube.
3. Web site: راضي . علي محسن . 2014-07-20 . إعلان تشكيل سرايا أنصار العقيدة ضمن الحشد الشعبي . 2023-06-25 . وكالة أنباء براثا . ar-iq.
4. News: Gulmohamad . Zana K. . April 29, 2016 . Iraq's Shia Militias: Helping or Hindering the Fight Against Islamic State? . en-US . . 2023-06-25.
5. June 15, 2016 . Is the Battle for Fallujah a Battle Against Fallujah? . Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy . 1 . 1.
6. اللواء ٢٨ يبارك للشعب الفلسطيني عملية طوفان الاقصى . 2023-10-12 . سرايا انصار العقيدة . 2024-05-26 . YouTube.