Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda

Not to be confused with Ansar al-Aqida.

Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda (Arabic: سرايا انصار العقيده, lit. 'Supporters of the Creed Brigade') is an Iraqi Shia Islamist militia.

Saraya Ansari al-Aqeeda
سرايا انصار العقيده
Dates of operation	2012-Present
Allies	Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib Hezbollah[1]  Iraq  Iran Hamas[2]
Opponents	Islamic State
Battles and wars	Third Battle of Fallujah

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 Ansar 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]