Jaish al-Muhajirin wal-Ansar
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| Lineup | 2012 |
| Country | Syria |
| Strength | approx. 750 |
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Aleppo Governorate Latakia Governorate |
| Butcher | civil war in Syria |
Jaish al-Muhadschirin wal-Ansar ( Arabic جيش المهاجرين والأنصار, DMG Ǧaiš al-Muhāǧirīn wa-l-Anṣār 'Army of Emigrants and Helpers ', also Jaish al-muhajirin wa-l-ansar , or JAMWA for short ) is a jihadist - Salafist organization in Syria . It was founded in 2012 and fought alongside the al-Nusra Front in the Syrian civil war against the government of Bashar al-Assad , parts of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG).
The organization is classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of Canada and the United States . In Germany, JAMWA is classified as a foreign terrorist organization .
One of its former leaders was the military commander-in-chief of the terrorist organization Islamic State in Syria, Abu Omar al-Shishani .
Jaish al-Muhadschirin wal-Ansar in Germany
The Islamist preacher Sven Lau is said to have acted as a link to JAMWA and in 2013 obtained three night vision devices for Islamist fighters in Syria, helped two men to leave for Syria and brought money to one of them. On July 26, 2017, Lau was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment in four cases by the State Security Senate of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court for supporting a foreign terrorist organization .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Insurgent group pledges allegiance to al Qaeda's Syria Wing . Reuters, September 23, 2015.
- ↑ Listed Terrorist Entities - Currently listed entities on publicsafety.gc.ca.
- ^ Indictment against the nationwide Islamic preacher Sven L. for supporting the foreign terrorist organization "Jaish al-muhajirin wa-l-ansar" (JAMWA) . The Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice , press release No. 20/2016, April 12, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2016 (→ Sven Lau ).
- ↑ Charged with membership in the foreign terrorist groups "Jaish al-Muhajirin wal Ansar" (JAMWA) and "Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria" (ISIG) . The Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice, press release No. 25/2015, July 7, 2015, accessed on April 13, 2016.
- ^ Syria: the foreign fighters joining the war against Bashar al-Assad . In: The Guardian , September 23, 2013.
- ↑ Did Sven Lau support an Islamist terror group? In: Focus Online , April 12, 2016, accessed April 13, 2016.
- ^ Federal Prosecutor's Office brings charges against Sven Lau . In: Die Welt , April 12, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2016.
- ↑ Five and a half years imprisonment for Sven Lau . n-tv.de, July 26, 2017, accessed on July 26, 2017.