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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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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

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Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial ...

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Popular Mobilization Forces The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) ( ar, الحشد الشعبي ''al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī''), also known as the People's Mobilization Committee (PMC) and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization ...

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Kata'ib Hezbollah Kata'ib Hezbollah ( ar, كتائب حزب الله, lit=Battalions of the Party of God)—or the Hezbollah Battalions—is a radical Iraqi Shiite paramilitary group which is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces backed by Iran. During the Ir ...

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 ...

* * Asaib Ahl al-Haq * Liwa Dhulfiqar *

Liwa Fatemiyoun Liwa Fatemiyoun ( ar, لِوَاء الْفَاطِمِيُّون, Liwā’ al-Fāṭimīyūn, Persian/Dari: or ), literally "Fatimid Banner", also known as Fatemiyoun Division or Fatemiyoun Brigade, is an Afghan Shia militia formed in 2014 to ...

Baqir Brigade The Baqir Brigade (''Liwa al-Baqir'', sometimes also ''Liwa al-Imam al-Baqir'' or ''Fawj al-Imam Baqir''), named after Shia Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, is a Syrian loyalist militia originating in the Aleppo Governorate that fights in the Syrian Civil ...

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Iraqi insurgency (2003–11) Iraqi insurgency may refer to: * Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War ** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency ** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq * Iraqi insurgency (20 ...

(as Asaib Ahl al-Haq)

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, rebellio ...

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, designated_as_terror_group_by = , website= Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (Nujaba or HHN; ar, حركة حزب الله النجباء, Ḥaraka Ḥizballāh an-Nujabā’, lit=Movement of the Party of God's Nobles), officially the 12th Brigade is a radical Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group that is especially active in

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

(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 Asaib Ahl al-Haq (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. Nashe ...

praising Iranian

Quds Force The Quds Force ( fa, نیروی قدس, niru-ye qods, Jerusalem Force) is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. U.S. Army's Iraq War ...

commander Qasem Suleimani. 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 Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

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. In December 2014, ABNA.ir published photos of Iranian-built Yasir UAV (an unlicensed copy of the American

ScanEagle The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance. The ScanEagle was designed by Insitu based on the Insitu SeaScan, a co ...

) 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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