Liwa Ali al-Akbar

Liwa Ali al-Akbar (Arabic: لواء علي الأكبر, romanized: Liwāʾ ʿAlī al-Akbar, English: Ali al-Akbar Brigade) or as the Popular Mobilization Forces' 11th Brigade is an Iraqi Shiite faction part of the Popular Mobilization Forces and affiliated with the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala. It was formed after the fatwa of al-Jihad al-Kafa’i issued by Sayyid Ali al-Sistani and under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Hussaini Shrine, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai.^[2] Abu Tahsin al-Salhi is also from the faction.^[3]

Liwa Ali al-Akbar
لواء علي الأكبر
Leaders	Ali al-Hamadani
Dates of operation	2014–present
Allegiance	Iraq
Active regions	Nineveh Governorate Saladin Governorate
Ideology	Shia Islamism Sistanism
Part of	/ Popular Mobilization Forces
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant White Flags[1]
Battles and wars	Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Battle of Hawija Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
Website	Official website

See also

• Shia Islam portal
• Iraq portal
• Asia portal

• List of armed groups in the War in Iraq
• Private militias in Iraq