Saraya al-Jihad ( ar, سرايا الجهاد, "Jihad Companies") or as the Popular Mobilization Forces' 17th Brigade is an Iraqi
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
group and the armed wing of the
Jihad and Development Movement, operating in Iraq and Syria under the command of the
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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It has been closely intertwined with
Liwa al-Muntazar.
See also
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List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Syrian Civil War as belligerents.
Syrian Arab Republic and allies
A number of sources have emphasized that as of at least late-2015/early-2016 the Syrian Arab Republic ...
References
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Popular Mobilization Forces
Shia Islamist groups
Arab militant groups
Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq
Anti-ISIL factions in Syria
Pro-government factions of the Syrian civil war
Jihadist groups in Iraq
Jihadist groups in Syria
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