Kata'ib al-Imam Ali | |
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كتائب الإمام علي | |
Leaders |
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Dates of operation | June 2014 – present[2] |
Allegiance | Iraq |
Group(s) | |
Active regions | Iraq Syria |
Ideology | Shia Islamism[2] Wilayat al Faqih Anti-Americanism[2] Anti-Zionism |
Part of |
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Allies | State allies
Non-state allies |
Opponents | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Peshmerga (2017–)[8] |
Battles and wars | War in Iraq (2014–2017) |
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali (Arabic: كتائب الإمام علي, Kataʾib al-ʾImām ʿAlīy), also known as the Imam Ali Battalions, are the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq (Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah) and serve as part of the umbrella organization "Popular Mobilization Forces". Kata'ib al-Imam Ali is prominently involved in the War in Iraq, fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[14]