Kata'ib al-Imam Ali

Kata'ib al-Imam Ali
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali
كتائب الإمام علي
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Leaders	Secretary General Shibl al-Zaydi (fa); (overall leader); Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis †; (unofficial patron, operations commander);
Dates of operation	June 2014 – present
Allegiance	Iraq
Group(s)	Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam;
Active regions	Iraq; Syria
Ideology	Shia Islamism; Wilayat al Faqih; Anti-Americanism; Anti-Zionism
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF); Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah;
Allies	State allies Iraq; Iran Quds Force; ; Ba'athist Syria (until 2024); Non-state allies Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces; Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr; National Defence Forces (until 2024);
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Peshmerga (since 2017)
Battles and wars	War in Iraq (2013–2017) Second Battle of Tikrit; Battle of Mosul (2016); ; Syrian Civil War Palmyra offensive (March 2016); Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016); ; Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017) 2017 Abu Kamal offensive; ; ;
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Kata'ib al-Imam Ali (Arabic: كتائب الإمام علي, romanized: Kataʾib al-ʾImām ʿAlī, lit. 'Imam Ali Battalion'), also known as the Imam Ali Brigades, are an Iraqi Shiite paramilitary organization and the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq (Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah), and serves as part of the umbrella organization, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Kata'ib al-Imam Ali rose to prominence during the War in Iraq (2013–2017), when it fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) alongside Iraqi government forces.