The Badr Organization, previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary organization headed by Hadi Al-Amiri. The Badr Brigade, formed in 1982 and led by Iranian officers, served as the military arm of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a Shia Islamic party based in Iran. The Badr Brigade was created by Iranian intelligence and Shia cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim with the aim of fighting Saddam Hussein's regime during the Iran–Iraq War. Since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq most of the Badr Brigades' fighters have entered the new Iraqi army and police force. Politically, Badr Brigade and SCIRI were considered to be one party since 2003, but have now unofficially separated with the Badr Organization now an official Iraqi political party. Badr Brigade forces, and their Iranian commanders, have come to prominence in 2014 fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq. It is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces.
The Mujahideen Shura Council, was an umbrella organization of at least six Sunni Islamist insurgent groups taking part in the Iraqi insurgency against U.S.-led Coalition and Iraqi forces. The groups included in the MSC were: Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah, Katbiyan Ansar Al-Tawhid wal Sunnah, Saraya al-Jihad Group, al-Ghuraba Brigades, and al-Ahwal Brigades. In mid-October 2006, a statement was released, stating that the Mujahideen Shura Council had been disbanded, and was replaced by the Islamic State of Iraq.
Taza Khurmatu or Taza is a town in Iraq, located south of Kirkuk. It is populated predominantly by Shia Turkmen.
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, also known as the Khazali Network, is a radical Iraqi Shi'a political party and paramilitary organization active in the Iraqi insurgency and Syrian Civil War. During the Iraq War it was known as Iraq's largest "Special Group", and it is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Brigades, cooperating with the Iraqi government in its fight against ISIS.
The Master of Martyrs Battalions, or Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada', officially the 14th Brigade, is a radical Iraqi Shia militia formed in 2013. Its stated mission is to protect "(Shia) shrines across the globe", preserve "Iraqi unity" and to "put an end to the sectarian conflict". KSS is funded, trained and equipped by IRGC's Quds Force and Hezbollah.
The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as the People's Mobilization Committee (PMC) and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization composed of approximately 67 different armed factions, with around 230,000 fighters that are mostly Shia Muslim groups, but also include Sunni Muslim, Christian, and Yazidi groups. The Popular Mobilization Units as a group was formed in 2014 and have fought in nearly every major battle against ISIL. Many of its main militias, in particular the Shias, trace their origins to the "Special Groups", Iranian-sponsored Shi'ite groups which previously fought an insurgency against the United States and the Coalition forces, as well as a sectarian conflict against Sunni Jihadist and Ba'athist insurgents. It has been called the new Iraqi Republican Guard after it was fully reorganized in early 2018 by its then–Commander in Chief Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018, who issued "regulations to adapt the situation of the Popular Mobilization fighters".
The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias formed as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014.
Mohanad Najim Aleqabi is an Iraqi journalist, Director General of the Team Media War of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which is affiliated to the Iraqi Council of Ministers & Founder and CEO Public Opinion News Agency. He was born in 1979. He studied journalism at Mustansiriya University in Baghdad and graduated from it. He is currently the managing director of "Rp News". He also worked for Beladi TV.A former political analyst
Ahmed Jassim Al Asadi is an Iraqi politician who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for Baghdad, and is a former official spokesman for Popular Mobilization Forces. He is leader Coordination Framework. He is spokesman of the Fatah Alliance and Secretary General of the "Islamic Movement" in Iraq.. Ahmed Al-Asadi was the victim of an extortion campaign carried out by Australian and Canadian citizens. Al-Asadi is a dual Australian and Iraqi national.
Mouin AlKazmi is an Iraqi politician, Leading member of Badr Organization. He is a participant in the upcoming Iraqi elections for the Fatah Alliance. He is member of Baghdad Provincial Council.
Yousef al-Kalabi is an Iraqi politician, Leading member of Badr Organization and Security spokesman for Popular Mobilization Forces.
Mohammed Naji is an Iraqi politician, Deputy in the Iraqi parliament, the head of the "Badr parliamentary organization" and Leading member of Badr Organization.
Hisham al-Hashimi was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic State and its supporters. He also was an advisor to the Iraqi government on counter-terrorism.
Al-Rutba Sport Club, is an Iraqi football team based in Ar-Rutbah, Al-Anbar, that plays in Iraqi Second Division League.
Salah al-Din Brigade or 51 Brigade in Popular Mobilization Forces It is a Sunni armed group that fights alongside Shiite groups, supported by Iran, that was created to fight ISIS and was formed specifically for the battle of Mosul (2016–17). The matter began in 2014, when Yazan received a call from Baghdad asking him to meet with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and he had obtained permission from the Popular Mobilization Command to begin forming the first Sunni faction within the ranks of the Shiite factions.
Al-Murassant air base is a small military airport located in Rutbah District, western Iraq, 70 kilometers east of the al-Waleed border crossing near Syria. The airbase used to be run by Iraqi Air Forces until it went out of service following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. In 2014 ISIS took control of the area, with Iraqi forces freeing the airbase in 2017. The popular mobilization made the airbase their main camp in the Anbar Governorate.
Al-Karma Sport Club, is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Karmah, Al-Anbar, that plays in the Iraqi Premier Division League.
This is a timeline of events during the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) in 2021.
The Islamic State in Kurdistan refers to various organized clandestine cell systems operating in Kurdistan who gave their allegiance to the Islamic State, as well as the activities of the Islamic State organization in Kurdistan. It is currently like ISJK and is not under any state of authority in the region.
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