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Distinguishing Kawader Hezbollah al-Qudama and Kataib Hezbollah
Nouri al-Maliki is gathering various Iraqi resistance figures who fought both Saddam and the coalition, but this marginal "old timer" party is not the same as Kataib Hezbollah, which has yet to show its hand in parliamentary politics.
May 6, 2021
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Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights
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Militia Spotlight
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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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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
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Militia Spotlight
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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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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
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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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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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
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: 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
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Sabereen News
Sabereen News is the main social media conglomerate supporting all "resistance" actions and factions in Iraq.
Apr 9, 2021
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Hamdi Malik
Crispin Smith
Michael Knights
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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
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Militia Spotlight
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Profile: Kataib Hezbollah
Kataib Hezbollah is the premier militia in Iraq, operating under Iran's direct command and fielding a wide range of cells responsible for kinetic, media, and social operations, some bankrolled by the Iraqi state.
Apr 1, 2021
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Michael Knights
Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Qasem al-Jabbarin
Qasem al-Jabbarin is a Kataib Hezbollah-directed facade group that specializes in roadside bombings against Iraqi supply trucks servicing the U.S. military in Iraq.
Apr 1, 2021
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Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Ashab al-Kahf
The first and best-known of the facade groups that Iran-backed militias use to conceal their involvement in operations, Ashab al-Kahf has a particularly strong connection to AAH and, more recently, HaN.
Apr 1, 2021
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Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Alwiyat al-Waad al-Haq
A facade group with unique ties to Kataib Hezbollah, Alwiyat al-Waad al-Haq has been used exclusively to claim or threaten attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Apr 1, 2021
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Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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Profile: Saraya Awliya al-Dam
This minor facade group is occasionally used to claim bombing attacks on U.S. supply convoys and rocket attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Mar 29, 2021
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Crispin Smith
Hamdi Malik
Michael Knights
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Militia Spotlight: Profiles
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KH Publicly Leads Calls for Escalation Against U.S. Presence
After being struck by U.S. forces, Kataib Hezbollah dropped the pretense of the coordination committee and acted unilaterally.
Mar 7, 2021
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Hamdi Malik
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Militia Spotlight
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The Tuna and Noodles Saga: Findings from a War of Words Between Militias
Bitter squabbles between the social media platforms of two competing Iraqi militias offer insights into the movements and their relationship.
Mar 3, 2021
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Hamdi Malik
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Militia Spotlight
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