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IRGC The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

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Akram al-Kaabi Akram al-Kaabi ( ar, أكرم الكعبي; born 17 July 1977) is the founder and secretary general of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba in Iraq. Nujaba emerged in 2013 as an offshoot of the Iraqi Shiite militia group Asaib Ahl al-Haq. History Kaabi ...

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Asaib Ahl al-Haq Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH; ar, عصائب أهل الحق Aṣaʾib ʾAhl al-Haqq, "League of the Righteous"), also known as the Khazali Network ( ar, شبكة الخزعلي), is a radical Iraqi Shi'a political party and paramilitary group active ...

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Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas The Brigade of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas (Arabic:لواء أبو الفضل العباس, ''Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas''), also known as the al-Abbas Brigade (Arabic:كتائب العباس, ''Kata'ib al-Abbas''), is a pro-government Twelver Shia Musli ...

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and Iraq. The group is considered an Iranian proxy. It openly receives training, arms, and military advice from

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. It is part of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a group of Shi’ite militias that are close to Iran. HHN has a TV channel named Al-Nujaba TV, which is based in

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. In February 2019, the

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designated Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (and all its aliases and component parts) and its leader

Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT).

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History

HHN emerged in 2013 as an offshoot of the Iraqi paramilitary

(AAH) and is led by AAH co-founder Akram al-Kaabi. al-Kaabi said that he formed the militia after a period of militant inactivity in the Syrian Civil War. He denies it emerged from a "split" with AAH, but that he chose not to unify with them due to disagreements. The two groups still share close affinity, often simultaneously commemorating martyrs. They have released a

nasheed A nasheed (Arabic: singular ', plural ', meaning: "chants") is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung ''a cappella'' or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Islam. Nasheed ...

praising Iranian Quds Force commander

Qasem Suleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...

. Both groups follow the Iranian government's ideology, and al-Kaabi has stated that he would overthrow the Iraqi government or fight alongside the Yemeni Houthis if ordered by Grand Ayatollah Khamenei. HHN was one of the first Iraqi paramilitaries to send fighters to

, where it has been active since its formation in 2013. It has had an increasing role in Syria after a significant boost to recruitment efforts took place in 2015. It was a major participant in the 2015 South Aleppo offensive and the breaking of the siege of the Shia towns

Nubl Nubl ( ar, نبل, also spelled Nubbul or Nubbol) is a small city in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include al-Zahraa immediately to the south, Anadan to the southe ...

and

Zahraa Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء) is a Syrian village located in Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict in Masyaf District, Hama , timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_of ...

. In December 2014, ABNA.ir published photos of Iranian-built

Yasir Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name. Notable people with this given name * Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyr ...

UAV (an unlicensed copy of the American ScanEagle) claimed in use with HHN. In April 2015, al-Kaabi said HHN had suffered 126 casualties, including 38 in Syria. On 1 January 2019, al-Kaabi said that the

and Lebanese

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

helped the militant Shi'ite forces of the

Mahdi Army The Peace Companies ( ar, سرايا السلام, or Saraya al Salam) are an Iraqi armed group linked to Iraq's Shia community. They are a 2014 revival of the Mahdi Army ( ''Jaysh al-Mahdī'') that was created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada a ...

that were fighting the U.S. forces in 2004. He said that in the 2004 Battle of Najaf, IRGC and Hezbollah officers were present on the ground and helped during the battle, in which 13 US servicemen were killed and over 100 wounded.

Divisions

HHN comprises four brigades: * Liwa Ammar Ibn Yasir (Ammar Ibn Yasir Brigade; designated as terrorist by UAE) * Liwa al-Hamad (Praise Brigade) * Liwa al-Imam al-Hassan al-Mujtaba (Brigade of Imam Hassan the Chosen) * Golan Liberation Brigade

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* {{Militant Islamism Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq Anti-ISIL factions in Syria Paramilitary organizations based in Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces Pro-government factions of the Syrian civil war Rebel groups in Iraq Resistance movements Shia Islamist groups Syrian Shia organizations Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States Arab militant groups 2013 establishments in Iraq Military units and formations established in 2013 Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist Jihadist groups in Iraq Jihadist groups in Syria Anti-Zionism in Iraq Anti-Western sentiment Axis of Resistance

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