Entity

Ansar Al-Shari'a in Tunisia

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. The Canada list carries an entry with the same name but no shared identifier (see below). Lists as published through October 30, 2026. EU data: Financial Sanctions Files export of October 23, 2026, corrected for Official Journal acts through July 30, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA Same name, no shared identifier

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

• United States

  ANSAR AL-SHARI'A IN TUNISIA

  Reference

  OFAC entry 16477

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  FTO; SDGT

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in sharia tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in shariah tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al foundation media qayrawan) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 30, 2026

• UN Security Council

  ANSAR AL-SHARI’A IN TUNISIA (AAS-T)

  Reference

  QDe.143

  Listing date

  September 23, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (aas al ansar in sharia t tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in sharia tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in shariah tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al foundation media qayrawan) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islamic law of supporters) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • UN reference number QDe.143 (with UK entry AQD0033)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 29, 2026

• United Kingdom

  ANSAR AL-SHARI'A IN TUNISIA

  Reference

  AQD0033

  Listing date

  September 23, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDe.143

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in sharia tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in shariah tunisia) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al foundation media qayrawan) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islamic law of supporters) (with EU entry EU.2918.84)
  • UN reference number QDe.143 (with UN entry QDe.143)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 29, 2026

• European Union

  AAS-T

  Reference

  EU.2918.84

  Listing date

  September 23, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Regulations 1058/2014 (OJ L293)

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (aas al ansar in sharia t tunisia) (with UN entry QDe.143)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in sharia tunisia) (with UK entry AQD0033)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar in shariah tunisia) (with UK entry AQD0033)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al foundation media qayrawan) (with UK entry AQD0033)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islamic law of supporters) (with UK entry AQD0033)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 23, 2026

Same Name, No Shared Identifier

These entities carry an identical name or alias but no identifier ties them to this one, so they are kept separate. They may describe the same subject.

• Ansar Al Charia Derna (UN + EU + UK, not US / CA)
• Ansar al-Sharia (UN + EU + UK, not US / CA)
• Al-Kaida z Arabskega polotoka (All five)

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (16)

• AAS-T
• AL-QAYRAWAN MEDIA FOUNDATION
• Al-Qayrawan Media Foundation
• ANSAR AL-SHARI'A IN TUNISIA
• ANSAR AL-SHARI'AH
• ANSAR AL-SHARI'AH IN TUNISIA
• Ansar al-Shari'ah in Tunisia
• ANSAR AL-SHARIA
• Ansar al-Sharia
• ANSAR AL-SHARIA IN TUNISIA
• Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia
• ANSAR AL-SHARI’A IN TUNISIA (AAS-T)
• Ansar Al-shari’a in Tunisia (AAS-T)
• Ansar al-Shari’ah
• Ansar al-Shari’ah in Tunisia
• Supporters of Islamic Law

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Ansar Al-Shari'a in Tunisia," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 30, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-16477/.