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Abbas Shield Martyrdom Forces
Shi'a Iraqi militia group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abbas Shield Martyrdom Forces (Arabic: قوات درع عباس الاستشهادية, romanized: Quwat Dera'a Al-Abbas Al-Ishtishadiyah, lit. 'Abbas Shield Martyrdom Forces')[A] is an Iraqi Shia Militant group.[2]
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The group was formed on 15 March 2025, calling on Iraqis and Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces members to join the "jihadist Project".[1][3] It claimed on 17 March that 40,000 people have submitted membership applications. Iraqi media reported that the group's leader, Karar Fatah al Subihawi, has previously attended Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) events and was connected to Wathiq al-Battat, the former leader of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Mukhtar Army. Battat was a senior official in Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kata'ib Hezbollah before he formed the Mukhtar Army in 2013. Subihawi reportedly remained in Damascus, Syria, after the collapse of the Assad regime to "liberate" the Sayyida Zaynab Shrine from the Syrian Interim Government.
In a video clip featuring the image of the former leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,[5] Abbas Martyrdom Shield Forces, Ya Ali Popular Formations and the Kataib Sarkhat al-Quds have threatened to take action in Syria and against the United States. The Abbas Martyrdom Forces stated it would launch martyrdom operations
to "free Syria" and attack American interests for recent strikes upon Yemen's Houthis. The group is assumed to have connections to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), a collection of pro-Iran PMF factions, such as Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, and others. The IRI is accused of using front organizations to avoid accountability and Western retribution.[4]
See also
- Kataib Sarkhat al-Quds – other Iraqi faction that declared against the US attacks in Yemen and the first Syrian transitional government
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