All Policy Analysis by حمدی ملک

Formed by Ashab al-Kahf and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, this Persian-named violent protest movement has been used to carry out threats against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.

The militia entity has created a new Persian-named protest group and called on mobs to storm the embassy compound.

Efforts are being made to create new brands for anti-American "resistance" on Iraqi soil, even as politically connected militias try to distance themselves from kinetic attacks on U.S. targets.

The group has been posting more theatrical messages to suggest it is a real armed "resistance" movement, but without any evidence of actual kinetic operations.

The group stopped hinting and actually took credit for the 2017 murder of U.S. soldier Alexander Missildine, who was then supporting Iraqi combat operations to liberate territory from the Islamic State.

By establishing this Iraqi version of an Iranian IRGC conglomerate, militias aim to quickly dominate the country's growing economy.

After falling under the control of “resistance”-linked board members, this key Iraqi media institution began a widespread crackdown on freedom of expression. Its head commissioner is a member of U.S.-designated terrorist group Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

In an ungrudging division of labor, senior militia figure Akram Kaabi is being built up by other factions as the main anti-U.S. "resistance" leader in Iraq.

In its latest threats to U.S. aviation, the oldest militia facade group in Iraq made an interesting callback to a deadly 2006 shootdown of a British helicopter.

همانند سپاه پاسداران در ایران، گروه‌های «مقاومت» در عراق مدت‌هاست که به دنبال ایجاد شرکتی با دسترسی ترجیحی به قراردادهای پرسود دولتی بوده‌اند و دولت السودانی سرانجام پس از سال‌ها مخالفت، این امکان را در منطقه مرزی با عربستان سعودی برای آنها فراهم می‌کند.

Top "resistance" groups sought to avoid embarrassing the Sudani government, but at least one propaganda channel gave away Iraqi involvement.

Tactical disagreements among "resistance" leaders underline their competition for prime real estate and local partners near the capital.

Officials appear to be cracking down on freedom of speech and alternative lifestyles opposed by the self-styled militia "resistance."

عصائب اهل الحق نشانه‌هایی از پراگماتیسم درباره ادامه حضور نیروهای آمریکایی از خود بروز می‌دهد، در حالی که کتائب حزب الله بحث را می‌پیچاند تا بتواند بدون اینکه صریحاً حضور نظامی ایالات متحده را بپذیرد، در این بازی سیاسی مشارکت کند.

With probable IRGC-QF acquiescence, a militia facade group struck U.S. targets in Syria to register its defiance against a possible extension of the U.S. presence in Iraq.

Pro-militia parliamentarians and journalists have become increasingly open about what they expect the Sudani government's role to be: a cover for the muqawama.

«کاف»، کانال رسانه‌ای گروه شبه‌نظامی کتائب حزب‌الله، از اقدامات تروریستی پیشین این گروه که با حمایت ایران انجام شده و به کشته و زخمی شدن پرسنل نظامی آمریکا در عراق انجامیده تجلیل می‌کند و این اقدامات را با فعالیت‌های فعلی گروه پیوند می‌دهد.

Militia leaders have stated that his authority will be limited to technocratic and bureaucratic matters, while they will dictate the country's strategic direction and security decisions—including the future U.S. presence in Iraq.

گروه‌های مقاومت عراق در تلاش برای کاهش فشار ناشی از ناآرامی در ایران، یک کارزار رسانه‌ای هماهنگ و عامدا گمراه‌کننده ضد آمریکا به راه انداخته‌اند.

Media outlets run by Iran-backed groups have justified the killing by claiming that the targeted civilian was a spy.