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    Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدين ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen; meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam) also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated...
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    March 2017, the Sahara branch of AQIM merged with Macina Liberation Front, Ansar Dine, and Al-Mourabitoun, into Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The...
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  • Ansar al-Din may refer to: Ansar Dine, an Islamist militant organization based in Mali. Ansar al-Din Front, an Islamist militant organization based in...
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    MOJWA (until 2013) AQIM Al-Mourabitoun (until 2017) Ansar al-Sharia Macina Liberation Front Ansar Dine (until 2017) Boko Haram (partially aligned with ISIL...
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  • Liberation Front (MLF, French: Force de libération du Macina), is a militant Islamist group that operates in Mali. It is an affiliate of Ansar Dine. In March...
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    in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the...
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    Ansar al-Sunnah (Arabic: جماعة أنصار السنه, romanized: Jama'at 'Anṣār as-Sunnah, lit. 'Assembly of the Helpers of Sunnah'), also known as Jaish Ansar...
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    between the MNLA and Ansar Dine culminated in the Battle of Gao, in which the MNLA lost control of northern Malian cities to Ansar Dine and the Movement for...
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  • Battle of the Sama Forest (category Battles involving Ansar Dine)
    In 2015, Ansar Dine, a Malian jihadist group usually based in the north of the country, attempted to expand southwards and create a new front in southern...
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    Mali, although this move was reversed on 1 April. The Islamist group Ansar Dine, too, began fighting the government in later stages of the conflict, claiming...
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