Kata'ib Sayyid ul-Shuhada

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The Master of Martyrs Battalion, better known as Kata'ib Sayyid ul-Shuhada' (KSS; Arabic: كتائب سيد الشهداء, Battalion of the Master of Martyrs) and officially the 14th Brigade, is a Shia Iraqi paramilitary group formed in 2013. Its stated mission is to protect "(Shia) shrines across the globe", preserve "Iraqi unity" and to "put an end to the sectarian conflict". KSS is funded, trained and equipped by IRGC's Quds Force and Hezbollah. The group has been described as an Iranian proxy, and is one of the original militias that formed the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014. The group has close ties to Badr Organization and the IRGC. KSS was also active in Syria, where its main focus was the protection of the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in a southern suburb of Damascus. It militarily supported the Syrian ba'athist government and participated in the Syrian Civil War. It notably engaged in the Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin where it fought alongside Syrian government forces. On November 17, 2023, KSS...

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