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AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity

AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	AL-ASHTAR BRIGADES · Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) · Saraya Al-Ashtar · al-Ashtar Brigades · سرايا الأشتر (البحرين) · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al Ashtar Brigades · Al-Ashtar · Imam al-Mahdi Brigades · Islamic Allah Brigades · Saraya · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	AAB				[sources]
Legal form	not available				[sources]
Country	Bahrain · Iraq · Iran				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Source link	www.publicsafety.gc.ca · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2019-06-21				[sources]
Modified on	2020-11-25				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-07	Last checked	2024-05-20	First seen	2023-04-20

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, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Directors
Director	Role	Start date	End date
AHMED, Qassim Abdullah Ali	Leader or official of	-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
ALSHOFA, Ali Abdulnabi Ahmed Ebrahim M	Providing support to	-	-
Isa Saleh Isa Mohamed Salman	Providing support to	-	-
Hasan Ahmed Radhi Husain Sarhan	Providing support to	-	-
AL-DAMMAMI, Hussein Ahmad 'Abdallah Ahmad Hussein	Providing support to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Executive Office for Control & Non-proliferation	مدرج بموجب قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (18) لسنة 2017	-	-

Data sources

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 Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,945

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List29,146

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities77

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

Canada · Public Safety Canada

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

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

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