Iraqi Shia militias

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Iraqi Shia militias are predominantly Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq that have played major roles in the country’s post-2003 conflicts, including fighting insurgent and extremist organizations and exerting significant political and military influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shia militia
armed group network
non-state armed actor
accusedOf extrajudicial detentions
forced displacement of Sunni civilians
human rights abuses
sectarian killings
activeInConflict Iraq War after 2003
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
linked to: Iraqi insurgency

Syrian Civil War spillover
War against the Islamic State
alignedWith Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Iran
alsoKnownAs Iraqi Shia armed groups
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias

Iraqi Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
claimsTo defend Shia holy sites in Iraq
defend Shia shrines in Syria
commandStructure varied and fragmented
cooperatedWith Iraqi Security Forces
Kurdish Peshmerga (against ISIL)
linked to: Kurdish Peshmerga
country Iraq
dominantSect Twelver Shia
engagesIn border operations near Syria
roadside bomb attacks
rocket attacks on foreign military bases in Iraq
urban warfare
expandedDuring rise of ISIL in 2014
hasComponent Asaib Ahl al-Haq
Badr Organization
Brigades of Imam Ali al-Hadi
Brigades of Imam al-Abbas
Brigades of Imam al-Hussein
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Jund al-Imam
Kataib Hezbollah
Kataib Jund al-Imam
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Kataib al-Imam Ali
Kataib al-Tayyar al-Risali
Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas (Iraqi branch)
Liwa Ali al-Akbar
Saraya Ashura
Saraya al-Jihad
Saraya al-Khorasani
Saraya al-Khorasani Brigade 18
Saraya al-Salam
ideology Khomeinist influence
Shia Islamist
impact shifted balance of power among Iraqi factions
significant influence on Iraqi sovereignty debate
influences Iraqi elections
Iraqi government formation
Iraqi security policy
legalStatus partially integrated into Iraqi state security apparatus
linkedTo Dawa Party factions
Fatah Alliance
Iraqi Shia political parties
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
linked to: Badr Organization

Sadrist Movement
operatesIn Anbar Governorate
Baghdad Governorate
Basra Governorate
Diyala Governorate
Iraq
Nineveh Governorate
Salah al-Din Governorate
opposedBy Sunni armed groups in Iraq
United States
partOf Popular Mobilization Forces
receives funding from Iran
weapons from Iran
recognizedBy Iraqi government (as Popular Mobilization Forces)
linked to: Government of Iraq
relationshipToState hybrid of state and non-state actors
religiousOrientation Shia Islam
role counterinsurgency force
paramilitary force
participant in sectarian violence
political power broker
security provider in Shia-majority areas
supportedBy IRGC Quds Force
linked to: Quds Force

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
symbolism use of Iranian revolutionary symbols
use of Shia religious imagery
targets Islamic State (ISIL)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Sunni insurgent groups
al-Qaeda in Iraq
timePeriod post-2003 Iraq
trainingProvidedBy IRGC Quds Force
linked to: Quds Force

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Amarah city center controlledBy Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
Saulat al-Fursan opposedBy Shiite militias in Basra
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
2007 Battle of Basra hasParticipant Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
2007 Battle of Basra hasBelligerent Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
Axis of Resistance coreMember Iraqi Shia militias
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba partOf Iraqi Shia militias
Resistance Axis hasKeyMember Iraqi Shia militias
Resistance Axis supports Iraqi Shia militias
Battle of Tikrit (2015) belligerent Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
Quds Force supportsOrganization Iraqi Shia militias
Iraqi Shia militias alsoKnownAs Iraqi Shiite militias
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias
Iraqi Shia militias alsoKnownAs Iraqi Shia armed groups
linked to: Iraqi Shia militias