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  • Thumbnail for Saraya al-Salam
    published a statement by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, in which he called on the Peace Brigades to coordinate with the security forces...
    22 KB (2,101 words) - 20:10, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muqtada al-Sadr
    Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He...
    49 KB (5,399 words) - 07:49, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Promised Day Brigade
    called on other Special Groups to join the brigade. Sadr had earlier already talked about the creation of a smaller guerrilla unit which would continue...
    9 KB (575 words) - 20:09, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sadr City
    Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized: Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City (Arabic:...
    27 KB (2,674 words) - 07:15, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr
    Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr, translated as the Army of Martyr Sadr, is an Iraqi militia. They are officially known as the 25th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization...
    2 KB (118 words) - 01:16, 5 August 2024
  • Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (category Badr Brigade members)
    Badr Brigades were the military wing of SCIRI until 2003. Al-Hakim created the Badr Brigades which fought against Saddam Hussein. The Badr Brigades contained...
    14 KB (1,435 words) - 15:05, 29 June 2024
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    Mahdi Army (category Military wings of political parties)
    Army (Arabic: جيش المهدي) was an Iraqi Shia militia created by Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003 and disbanded in 2008. The Mahdi Army rose to international...
    40 KB (4,463 words) - 04:49, 28 April 2024
  • Special Groups (Iraq) (category Paramilitary forces of Iraq)
    Army of Muqtada al-Sadr. The distinction between these groups and the Mahdi Army became more clear when al-Sadr called for a ceasefire at the end of August...
    20 KB (1,330 words) - 20:45, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Sadr City
    The siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy...
    41 KB (4,672 words) - 06:25, 19 July 2024
  • national movement and political party, led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The Sadrist Movement ended as largest political party in the October 2021 Iraqi parliamentary...
    11 KB (724 words) - 15:59, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Islamic Dawa Party
    Islamic Dawa Party (category CS1 maint: archived copy as title)
    Baqir al-Sadr quickly emerged as its leading figure and wrote its manifesto, al-Usus, probably in 1960. The group argued for the creation of an Islamic...
    27 KB (2,798 words) - 08:25, 29 July 2024
  • Organization (Arabic: منظمة بدر Munaẓẓama Badr), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamist and Khomeinist political...
    26 KB (1,739 words) - 01:11, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2008 Iraq spring fighting
    the Iraqi Army moved 4 brigades, including a tank brigade, and a special forces battalion to Basra, replacing the existing brigade stationed there which...
    88 KB (9,234 words) - 03:49, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golani Brigade
    is one of the five infantry brigades of the regular Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the others being the Paratroopers Brigade, the Nahal Brigade, the Givati...
    49 KB (4,834 words) - 19:01, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
    2006, A part of AAH fought alongside Hezbollah in 2006 Lebanon War against Israel. In November 2008 when Sadr created the Promised Day Brigade to succeed...
    46 KB (3,316 words) - 17:19, 23 July 2024
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    11th Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
    formed brigades and one still forming at the time. It played a significant role in the Siege of Sadr City from April 2008. The division's area of responsibility...
    4 KB (335 words) - 12:28, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Basra (2008)
    casualties resulted in six days of heavy fighting. Following a ceasefire negotiated in Iran on 31 March, Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew his fighters from the...
    45 KB (4,461 words) - 08:52, 22 July 2024
  • under command of Abdol-Ali Najafi, which were consisted of forces from the 33rd Division. It was stationed in Haj Omran area in the Shahid Sadr Highlands...
    5 KB (318 words) - 20:30, 24 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Forces)
    The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias formed as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014. The group's commander, Sayyed Yilmaz Najar...
    7 KB (423 words) - 21:23, 14 April 2024
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    Amarah (redirect from History of Amarah)
    supported the efforts of Moqtada al-Sadr, whose father was also killed by Saddam. In May 1999, Ba'ath party militias and units of the Special Republican...
    16 KB (1,317 words) - 14:37, 2 August 2024
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