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AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity
AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.
TypeOrganization[sources]
NameAL-ASHTAR BRIGADES · Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) · Saraya Al-Ashtar · al-Ashtar Brigades · سرايا الأشتر (البحرين) · 1 more...[sources]
Other nameAl Ashtar Brigades · Al-Ashtar · Imam al-Mahdi Brigades · Islamic Allah Brigades · Saraya · 7 more...[sources]
Weak aliasAAB[sources]
Legal formnot available[sources]
CountryBahrain · Iraq · Iran[sources]
Statusnot available[sources]
Source linkwww.publicsafety.gc.ca · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
Created at[sources]
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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.

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Data sources

United Arab Emirates Local Terrorist List293

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

United Arab Emirates · Executive Office for Control & Non-proliferation

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,550

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

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities77

The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism.

Canada · Public Safety Canada

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List711

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

Qatar · National Counter Terrorism Committee (NCTC)

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,284

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)


Source data IDs: qa-nctc-93-saraya-al-ashtar · ae-lt-159e813fb8bb2c5177943e47c6cd69f54e78de79 · ca-lte-56-al-ashtar-brigades-aab · ofac-24723

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