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al-Ashtar Brigades

Terrorism · Export controlled · Sanctioned entity
TypeOrganization[sources]
NameAl-Ashtar · Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) · SARAYA AL-ASHTAR · Saraya · al-Ashtar Brigades · 4 more...[sources]
Other nameAl Ashtar Brigades · Imam al-Mahdi Brigades · Islamic Allah Brigades · Saraya Waad Allah · Saraya al-Ashtar · 4 more...[sources]
Weak aliasAAB[sources]
Legal formnot available[sources]
CountryBahrain · Iraq · Iran[sources]
Unique Entity IDL268BR5HB7V5 · SJLCWM7H7M17[sources]
Statusnot available[sources]
AddressBahrain · Iran · Iraq[sources]
Source linkwww.publicsafety.gc.ca · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
Last changeLast processedFirst seen

Descriptions

Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) is a Shia militant group supported by Iran which aims to overthrow Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy. AAB was established in 2013 and has incited violence towards the Bahraini leadership. AAB has claimed responsibility for several bombings targeting security forces, including the February 14, 2014, attack on a minibus carrying police officers, which wounded several; and the March 3, 2014, improvised explosive device attack which killed 3 policemen and injured several others. AAB also claimed responsibility for the killing of an off-duty police officer near Bahrain’s capital city, Manama, on January 29, 2017. In 2019, AAB vowed to target American and British interests in Bahrain.

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities,

(also SARAYA AL-ASHTAR)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

Relationships

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,108

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

United Arab Emirates Local Terrorist List317

The UAE's asset freeze list of individuals and legal entities that are suspected of, attempt to, or commit terrorist acts.

United Arab Emirates · EOCN

UK Proscribed Terrorist Groups or Organizations96

The United Kingdom's list of Proscribed Organizations under the Terrorism Act 2000

United Kingdom · Home Office

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List838

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities86

The Canadian government's own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism

Canada · Public Safety Canada

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,857

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,257

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US Department of State Foreign Terrorist Organizations105

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

United States · DOS

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,540

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA


Source data IDs: tw-shtc-1a24f98e5616726e41947e14638b0b89f7b7294c · ae-lt-159e813fb8bb2c5177943e47c6cd69f54e78de79 · tw-shtc-be736f68f7793999eb532f65511a547dfc9c8bd3 · usgsa-s4mr6jp0l · ofac-24723 · usgsa-s4mr6jp2j · us-dos-fto-b0778ff5890b6d2205c9f082f2f90a06ab461b50 · qa-nctc-93-saraya-al-ashtar · ca-lte-56-al-ashtar-brigades-aab · gb-proscribed-76040720c5db1973ea2391c8b3c7e95ffa9da080

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