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Kataib Rouh Allah Isa Ibn Mariam
Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam ( ar, كتائب روح الله عيسى بن مريم; lit. ''The Brigade of the Spirit of God Jesus Son of Mary'') is a militia composed of Christian Assyrians, trained and supplied by an Iraqi Shi'ite militia as a subgroup in the fight against ISIL. Formation and activities Kataib Rouh was formed in December 2014 as a Christian subgroup of the Kataib al-Imam Ali ( Brigade of Imam Ali), itself the armed wing of Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah (Movement of the Islamic Iraq).Matthew Levitt & Phillip SmythKataib al-Imam Ali: Portrait of an Iraqi Shiite Militant Group Fighting ISIS Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 5, 2015. Kataib al-Imam Ali entered the war against ISIL in June 2014 with uniformed, well-armed members. It has been quite active in Amerli, Tuz, and Diyala fighting alongside other Iraqi Shiite militias, all of them backed by Iranian IRGC. In Saladin Governorate, fighters from the group posed in videos with the severe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Iraqi civil war may refer to: * Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government ** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70) ** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75) * 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellions in Iraq during a ceasefire in the Gulf War * Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–97), a conflict between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan * Iraqi conflict (2003–present). See also: **Iraq War (2003–11), a war that began with the U.S. invasion of Iraq ***Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) *** Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) *** Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008), a civil war between Sunni and Shia militias including the Iraqi government and Al-Qaeda in Iraq (now known as ISIL) ** Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013), an escalation of insurgent and sectarian violence after the U.S. withdrew ** War in Iraq (2013–2017), a war between ISIL and the Iraqi government and allies ** 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, a short conflict between the Iraqi go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |