Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba

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Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Nujaba Movement or HHN; Arabic: حركة حزب الله النجباء, romanized: Ḥaraka Ḥizballāh an-Nujabā’, lit. 'Movement of the Party of God's Nobles'), officially the 12th Brigade, is a Shi'ite Iraqi paramilitary group that is especially active in Iraq and formerly in Ba'athist Syria. It was established in 2013 by Akram al-Kaabi to support the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria against Sunni Islamist rebels. The group is supported by the IRGC's Quds Force, which provides the funding, weapons, and training of its members. The militia is also supported by the Lebanese Hezbollah and acts as part of the Axis of Resistance. It is a part of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a group of Shi’ite militias that are close to Iran, until 2020 when it joined the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The Nujaba Movement adopts the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and regards Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei as its supreme leader. A January 2024 report in The Hill indicates...

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