Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (أنصار الجهاد العالمي, Anṣār al-Jihād al-‘Alāmī, "helpers of the global jihad") is a jihadist group that came to international attention in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks, when it was reported that the group had claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The group was described by Karen J. Greenberg, executive director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law[1] as a Kurdistan-based affiliate of Al-Qaeda led by Abu Suleiman al-Nasser.[2]