Kata'ib Hezbollah

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Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH; Arabic: كتائب حزب الله, lit. 'Battalions of the Party of God'), also known as the Hezbollah Brigades, is an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group under the command of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a nominal component of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), staffing the 45th, 46th, and 47th Brigades. It is considered the most powerful militia in Iraq. Despite KH being a formal part of Iraq's security apparatus through its affiliation with the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Iraqi government has since 2020 actively undertaken steps to combat its influence, including by conducting raids against Kata'ib Hezbollah in order to disarm armed groups that refuse to be controlled by the state. During the Iraq War (2003–2011), the group fought against Coalition forces. It was active in the War in Iraq (2013–2017) and the Syrian civil war, where it fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The group was commanded by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis until...

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