Terrorism

Iran's post-Natanz face-saving effort saw the Iraqi muqawama falsely claim retaliation attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets in Iraq, underlining a case of centralized Iranian direction of muqawama information operations, and coordination of Iraqi muqawama actions with broader kinetic operations by Iran's Axis of Resistance.

Imam Hussein Scouts Association is Kataib Hezbollah’s youth organization and an affiliate of Lebanese Hezbollah's Kashaf al-Imam Mahdi youth movement.

Asaib Ahl al-Haq is a major fasail (armed group) in Iraq, which self-identifies as part of Iran's Axis of Resistance but which stubbornly maintains some independence of action from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force. It has numerous cells undertaking kinetic, media and social operations, some of which are bankrolled by the Iraqi state.

Unit 10,000 is Kataib Hezbollah's premier online facade group, specializing in the publication of muqawama propaganda and the development of "electronic armies" capable of hacking, information operations and open source intelligence gathering.

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.

Usbat al-Thaireen (UT) is the earliest known facade group employed by Kataib Hezbollah to thinly veil its culpability in anti-coalition kinetic operations. The groups went inactive in November 2020, probably transforming into the Qasim al-Jabbarin facade, potentially providing an important case study of a facade group's complete life-cycle.

By devoting resources to areas of concentrated recruitment, the Biden administration can reduce the scope of future Middle East conflicts along with the likelihood that U.S. troops will once again be drawn into them.

Recent maritime escalation between the two countries stems mainly from Iranian efforts to fund Hezbollah, underscoring the financial interdependency between the Lebanese militia, Tehran, and the Syrian regime.

Kataib Hezbollah is the premier fasail (armed group) in Iraq, operating under the direct under-command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force. It has a wide range of cells undertaking kinetic, media and social operations, some of which are bankrolled by the Iraqi state.