Abuzar Brigade | |
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لشکر ابوذر | |
Dates of operation | 1980–1988[1] |
Headquarters | Mashhad, Iran |
Ideology | Khomeinism Shia Islamism |
Size | (Unknown) |
Allies | Iran |
Opponents | Ba'athist Iraq PMOI DRFLA |
Battles and wars |
Abuzar Brigade, (Arabic: لواء أبوزر Liwa' 'Abuzr,), (Persian: لشکر ابوذر ), also known as Abuzar Division, was an Afghan Shia militia that fought in the Iran–Iraq War on the side of Iran. During the war, the group was mainly stationed in the mountainous areas of northwestern Iran, and its fighters had experience in both mountain and irregular warfare from the Soviet-Afghan War.[2][3][4][5]