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Militia Spotlight: Profiles

The objective of this series is to provide journalists and government analysts with concise, clear profiles for each of the major Iraqi militia entities discussed in Militia Spotlight research alerts. Each profile provides basic data (name, logo, and type of activity) and summarizes the best available evidence concerning the entity’s history, alignment, and relationships with other groups. The profiles are regularly updated.

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Articles in this Series

Muhandis company launch event leadership attendeees
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
How to Use Militia Spotlight: Profiles
The profiles are a repository of institutional memory on the various armed groups, facade groups, and social organizations associated with Iraqi militias, to be used as concise reminders of how these entities are connected.
۲۴ مارس ۲۰۲۳
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
CMC van
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Communication and Media Commission
The Communication and Media Committee has fallen under the majority rule of muqawama-linked board members and has begun a widespread crackdown on freedom of expression.
۲۲ مارس ۲۰۲۳
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Michael Knights
  • Crispin Smith
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Rayan al-Kildani and Muhandis
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Kataib Babiliyoun (50th PMF Brigade)
Kataib Babiliyoun pretends to be a local Christian unit, but its members have been recruited from Shia Muslim communities in southern Iraq with the goal of dominating Iraq's strategic Nineveh Plains region.
۱۶ مارس ۲۰۲۳
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  • Michael Knights
  • Yaqoub Beth-Addai
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Taees
Maps & Graphics
تحلیل کوتاه
پروفایل: گروه شبه نظامی کتائب ائمة البقیع
این یک گروه شبه نظامی مستقر در منطقه دیاله عراق است که بر اساس نوار صوتی افشا شده، از جولای ۲۰۲۲ در خدمت نوری المالکی بوده است.
۲۴ اکتبر ۲۰۲۲
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  • می ریاد
  • حمدی ملک
  • مایکل نایتز
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Nujaba Warethun
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Al-Warithuun
Al-Warithuun is a "resistance" brand with a recurring connection to kinetic operations that are directed by Iran's Qods Force but intended to be deniable.
۱۳ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۲
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  • Michael Knights
  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Ahrar al-Iraq 2
Maps & Graphics
تحلیل کوتاه
پروفایل: لواء احرار العراق
از این گروه پوششی برای تبلیغات و «برندسازی» حملات جبهه مقاومت به اهداف ترکیه استفاده می‌شود.
۱۶ اوت ۲۰۲۲
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  • حمدی ملک
  • مایکل نایتز
  • اریک فیلی
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Ahrar Sinjar
Maps & Graphics
تحلیل کوتاه
پروفایل: احرار سنجار
از این گروه پوششی برای «برندسازی» در حملات جریان مقاومت به پایگاه‌های نظامی ترکیه استفاده می‌شود تا در ظاهر این حملات با نارضایتی ایزدی‌ها از دولت ترکیه پیوند زده شود.
۱ ژوئیهٔ ۲۰۲۲
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  • حمدی ملک
  • مایکل نایتز
  • الکس آلمیدا
  • انور الزمانی
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Brigade 30
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Hashd al-Shabak (30th PMF Brigade)
This local auxiliary unit plays an important role in consolidating Iranian and proxy influence in Iraq's strategic Nineveh Plains region.
۲۲ ژوئن ۲۰۲۲
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Shaajab News logo
Maps & Graphics
Profile: Shaajab News
Shajaab News used a moment of disruption at Sabereen News to establish itself as a Sabereen-wannabe and amplifier of that channel's content and style.
۱۸ مهٔ ۲۰۲۲
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  • May Riad
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
LK profile
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Liwa Khaibar
With probable links to Kataib Hezbollah, this minor facade group claimed a major rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base, but mainly limits itself to claimed bombings against U.S. supply convoys.
۱۵ فوریهٔ ۲۰۲۲
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Ahd TV content
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Al-Ahd Satellite Television
A closer look at the "resistance" television channel owned and operated by U.S.-designated terrorist movement Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
۹ فوریهٔ ۲۰۲۲
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Badr Troops
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Badr Organization
Badr is the wellspring of many of today's armed resistance groups and still operates under the indirect and sometimes direct control of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
۲ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۱
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  • Michael Knights
  • Crispin Smith
  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Iraqi Radio and Television Union
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: The Iraqi Radio and Television Union
An overview of Iraq's offshoot of the Islamic Radio and Television Union, an Iranian umbrella group that provides support to "resistance" media outlets.
۲ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Etejah
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Al-Etejah Satellite Television
A closer look at the "resistance" television channel owned and operated by U.S.-designated terrorist movement Kataib Hezbollah.
۱ اوت ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
NT
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Al-Nujaba Satellite Television
A U.S.-sanctioned "resistance" channel owned and operated by U.S.-designated terrorist movement Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba.
۲۲ ژوئیهٔ ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Liwa Thar al-Muhandis
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Liwa Thar Muhandis
This older facade brand has been brought out of retirement during the summer surge of Iraqi militia attacks on U.S. targets.
۸ ژوئیهٔ ۲۰۲۱
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  • Crispin Smith
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
AA
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Ahd Allah Islamic Movement
Ahd Allah Islamic Movement is a social and cultural movement built around Kataib Hezbollah ideologue Sayyed Hashem al-Haidari.
۵ مهٔ ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
KSS flag
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada is a splinter of Kataib Hezbollah that works directly with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and has a transnational focus on the shared regional agenda of the Iran-backed axis of resistance.
۳ مهٔ ۲۰۲۱
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
TSS
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Sharia Youth Gathering
The Sharia Youth Gathering is an umbrella movement of social service, cultural, sports, and scouting organizations that is effectively controlled by Kataib Hezbollah through a cadre of linked commanders.
۲۹ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Scout
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Imam Hussein Scout Association
The Imam Hussein Scout Association is Kataib Hezbollah’s youth organization and an affiliate of Lebanese Hezbollah's Kishaf al-Imam al-Mahdi youth movement.
۲۹ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Kaabi speech
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba proved its axis of resistance credentials in Syria, but its role in terrorism and repression within Iraq is more enigmatic.
۲۷ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
AAH leader
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Asaib Ahl al-Haq
Asaib Ahl al-Haq is a major Iraqi armed group that identifies as part of Iran's axis of resistance but stubbornly maintains a degree of independence, forming numerous cells to conduct kinetic, media, and social operations, some bankrolled by the Iraqi state.
۲۷ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Fatemyoun squad
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Fatemiyoun Electronic Squad
Fatemiyoun Electronic Squad is a facade group that undertakes cyberattacks on behalf of Kataib Hezbollah, in close collaboration with other affiliates.
۲۶ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Unit 10K img
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Unit 10,000
Unit 10,000 is Kataib Hezbollah's premier online facade group, specializing in the publication of resistance propaganda and the development of "electronic armies" capable of hacking, information operations, and open-source intelligence gathering.
۲۵ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
UT
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
Profile: Usbat al-Thaireen
Usbat al-Thaireen is the earliest known facade group employed to veil Kataib Hezbollah's culpability in anti-coalition operations, and its eventual shutdown may provide an important case study of such a group's complete life cycle.
۲۰ آوریل ۲۰۲۱
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles

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