Al-Ansar (Arabic: الأنصار, 'the Partisans') was the paramilitary wing of the Iraqi Communist Party, active between 1979 and 1988.

A number of communists fled to the Kurdish areas in northern Iraq, which was outside Ba'ath control, to escape arrest.

[1] In South Yemen, a number of Al-Ansar began their military training before joining the guerrillas in northern Iraq.

By this time a decentralized command structure had been adopted, enabling the partisan forces more flexibility in their confrontations with Iraqi government troops.

[4] In 2004 an organization of veterans of the al-Ansar, Iraqi Communist Partisans Society, was founded at a conference in southern Sweden.