Harakat al-Abdal () is a pro-Iranian Shia militant group in Iraq, affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces. The group fought in the Syrian civil war.
History Foundation The group was founded in 2014, after the Islamic State invasion of Iraq, in southern Iraq to battle against the Islamic State, in addition to adopting the Velayat-e faqih.
Activities On January 5, 2016, Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, a Shia militant group, announced that after negotiations, the group had joined within Harakat al-Abdal. The group has been announcing operations in Syria through the media. These operations took place in Aleppo in 2016, where a large number of Shiite militias participated in the efforts led by Qassem Soleimani to break the Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa. The group participated in the Operation Dawn of Victory, along with other contingents of Iraqi militias. During the Syrian Desert campaign, the group launched several attacks towards Al-Tanf along with other Iraqi, Lebanese and Syrian militias such as Hezbollah. The group is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces such as the "39th Brigade".
Leadership The leader of Harakat al-Abdal is Abu Akram al-Majidi, al-Majdi visited hospitals in Iran to check on the health of wounded fighters.
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