Back سرايا الأشتر Arabic سرايا الاشتر ARZ Brigadas Al-Ashtar Spanish گردانهای الشتر Persian גדודי אל-אשתר HE アル・アシュタール旅団 Japanese Al-Ashtar Brigades SIMPLE
 | The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed. The dispute is about Group’s ideology. It can’t be “pro-Shirazi” while allegedly claiming allegiance to IRGC (pro-Khamene’i), as the Shirazis are no friends of Khamenei. (August 2020) |
| Al-Ashtar Brigades | |
|---|---|
| سرايا الأشتر | |
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| Active regions | Bahrain |
| Ideology | Khomeinism Shia Islamism Anti-West |
| Part of | Islamic Resistance in Bahrain[1] |
| Allies |  Iran (claimed by Bahraini gov.) Hezbollah (claimed by Bahraini gov.)Kata'ib Hezbollah Iraq (claimed by Bahraini gov.)[2] Shia militias in Qatif Houthi Movement Yemen |
| Opponents |  Bahrain United Arab Emirates[3] Saudi Arabia Israel |
| Battles and wars | the Shia insurgency in Bahrain Israel–Hamas war |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | |
The al-Ashtar Brigades (Saraya al-Ashtar, named after Malik al-Ashtar[5]), or AAB for short, is the paramilitary branch of the Islamic Resistance in Bahrain, a Shiite militant group designated as a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States and Canada.[5]
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