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Profile: Ahd Allah Islamic Movement
Ahd Allah Islamic Movement is a social and cultural movement built around Kataib Hezbollah ideologue Sayyed Hashem al-Haidari.
May 5, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Brief Analysis
Rehabilitating Assad: The Arab League Embraces a Pariah
Parochial interests and war fatigue are driving many member states to support premature elections and normalization with Damascus, but this approach will only consolidate Assad’s control and help him evade accountability for war crimes.
May 4, 2021
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  • David Schenker
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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.
May 3, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Natanz
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How Iran Employed Iraq's Muqawama in Its Post-Natanz Response
Militias falsely claimed attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets in retaliation for the nuclear incident, underlining how Tehran directs and coordinates each proxy's kinetic and information operations in a centralized manner.
May 3, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
◆ Militia Spotlight
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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.
Apr 29, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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.
Apr 29, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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.
Apr 27, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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.
Apr 27, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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.
Apr 26, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Foreign Fighters and U.S. Policy: Tracking Mobilization Hubs to Stem the Flow
By examining the growth of such hubs during the Islamic State’s caliphate years, two experts assess how the international community can limit recruitment in these areas and address local grievances.
Apr 26, 2021
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  • Nate Rosenblatt
  • Naureen Chowdhury Fink
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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.
Apr 25, 2021
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Rijal Allah Claims the Baghdad Airport Attack
A new online facade group has undermined Kataib Hezbollah's conspiracy-laden narrative blaming the April 22 rocket strike on Iraqi Kurds.
Apr 24, 2021
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight
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The Economic Future of Northeast Syria
Experts discuss the humanitarian, trade, and security measures that are necessary to stabilizing the northeast and preventing the Islamic State and Assad from extending their harmful influence there.
Apr 23, 2021
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  • Jennifer Cafarella
  • Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff
  • Kenneth R. Rosen
Articles & Testimony
Can New Tech Save Iraq’s Old Economy?
In recalibrating its relationship with Baghdad, the Biden administration should consider how it can encourage the evolution of the country’s nascent cyber economy.
Apr 20, 2021
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  • Bilal Wahab
  • Michael Rubin
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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.
Apr 20, 2021
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
Articles & Testimony
Iran’s Game Plan for Iraq’s Militias
Tehran still regards the full withdrawal of U.S. forces as its ultimate goal, and its Iraqi proxies are more than happy to use escalation for that purpose whenever they can.
Apr 19, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
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Articles & Testimony
Team of Legal Gladiators? Iraqi Militias’ Tortured Relationship with Law
Iran-backed armed groups hate being exposed as criminals in the eyes of a populace that cares deeply about rule of law, so they have turned Iraq’s legal sector into a battlespace.
Apr 12, 2021
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Hamdi Malik
  • Michael Knights
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Profile: Sabereen News
Sabereen News is the main media conglomerate supporting all "resistance" actions and factions in Iraq, but it quietly keeps a unique connection to Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
Apr 9, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Raba Allah
Raba Allah is the "mothership" for vigilante and counter-protestor groups developed by the Kataib Hezbollah network.
Apr 9, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Rising Profile of Fasail al-Muqawama al-Duwaliya in Convoy Bombings
The group has intensified its claims of convoy attacks, shifting from Anbar-focused roadside bombings to incidents on the Kuwaiti border.
Apr 2, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight

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