Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Ansar Allah al-Awfiya
Designation Status (as of October 6, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Listed Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA) since September 18, 2025 (effective on Federal Register publication, 90 FR 45097) |
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| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Listed HARAKAT ANSAR ALLAH AL-AWFIYA |
| UK Proscribed | Not listed official list |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Not listed official list |
| Canada Listed Entities | Not listed official list |
| Australia Listed | Not listed official list |
Profile written 2015 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Not yet designated terrorist by a Western country
Base of operations: Iraq, Syria
Background: Ansar Allah Awfiya: One of Many New Khomeinist Militias in Iraq
Ansar Allah al-Awfiya ('Loyal Supporters of God') is an Iraqi Shi'a militia first announced by Sheikh Hayder Gharawi, leader of the 'Group of Honesty and Caring in Iraq' political group based in Maysan Province in Iraq. Ideologically, the group identifies with Iran and appears to have close links with Liwa al-Hamad, a militia division of Iranian proxy Harakat al-Nujaba. There also appears to be overlap with Liwa al-Sadiqeen, another Iraqi Shi'a militia of similar orientation.
As of November 2015, the group has deployed fighters to Syria as part of a series of regime offensives backed by Russian airpower and Iranian proxy manpower support and planning.
