Connected entities with Popular Mobilization Forces – networks
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Ansar Allah al-Awfiya | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | One of the top Iraqi proxies for Iran's IRGC-Qods Force, this Sadrist breakaway faction has long garrisoned the Syrian border and killed Iraqi protesters to demonstrate its loyalty. | Iraq | |
Falih al-Fayyadh | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Falih al-Fayyadh (al-Fayyadh) is the head of the PMC, a body created by Iraqi legislation to bring the PMF militias under central government control. Although the PMF was established to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), many PMF militias are increasingly focused on advancing their own economic interests and supporting Iran | Iraq | |
Kataib al-Imam Ali | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Kataib al-Imam Ali is closely connected to older Iraqi Shia Islamist organizations, parties and militias, as well as to the Iranian Quds Force | Iraq | |
League of the Revolutionaries | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | In a short video released by the newly formed “League of the Revolutionaries,” which is likely a front for another Iranian-backed group in Iraq, a masked fighter warned of future attacks on U.S. troops inside the country | Iraq | |
Abu Fadak | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | The Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) militia group has named Abu Fadak al-Mohammadawi as its new leader, succeeding Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was killed in Iraq alongside Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last month | Iraq | |
Ahmad al-Hamidawi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Ahmad al-Hamidawi is the Secretary General of Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), an Iran-backed terrorist group active in Iraq and Syria, which the Department of State designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and SDGT in July 2009 | Iraq | |
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | 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 the Badr Organization | Iraq | |
Hadi al-Amiri | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Leader and secretary general of the Badr Organization, an Iranian-sponsored Shiite militia and political party based in Iraq | Iraq | |
Qais Khazali | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Was part of a committee of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) proxies that approved the use of lethal violence against protesters for the purpose of public intimidation | Iraq | |
Esmail Ghaani | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iranian Brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force | Iran | |
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Leader of Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), an Iranian-sponsored Shiite militia operating primarily in Iraq | Iraq | |
NAKHSA | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | NAKHSA armed members has being deployed to crack down on protesters in Tehran and at Amir Kabir University | Iran | |
Kataib Hezbollah | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) is an Iranian-sponsored, anti-American Shiite militia operating in Iraq with ancillary operations throughout Syria | Iraq | |
Hassan Nasrallah | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iran and Hezbollah have maintained strong ties under Nasrallah’s leadership, with Iran providing Hezbollah with financial and military support | Lebanon | |
Badr Organization | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Badr Organization it is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces. It is controlled by the Iran Regime, IRGC and Qassem Soleimani. IRGC-Qods Force supports Badr Organization with money, weapons and soldiers | Iraq | |
Asaib Ahl Al Huq | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iranian-backed Shia militia and political party operating primarily in Iraq | Iraq | |
Brigadier General Qassam Soleimani | Top Alert - Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entity | Orchestrated terrorist attacks in Thailand, India, Nigeria, and Kenya; Organized Iraqi militias to conduct attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq | Iran | |
IRGC – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Top Alert - Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Involved in planning and support for terrorist acts and groups, personnel sanctioned for missile and nuclear proliferation activities | Iran | |
IRGC-Qods Force | Top Alert - Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entity | Provides financial and military support to militant and terrorist groups, including to Hezbollah, Hamas | Iran | |
Hezbollah | Top Alert - Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Hezbollah receives most of its financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid from Iran | Lebanon |