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7-787: Kataib Rouh was formed in December 2014 as a Christian subgroup of the Kataib al-Imam Ali ( Brigade of Imam Ali ), itself the armed wing of Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah (Movement of the Islamic Iraq). Kataib al-Imam Ali entered the war against ISIL in June 2014 with uniformed, well-armed members. It has been quite active in Amerli , Tuz , and Diyala fighting alongside other Iraqi Shiite militias , all of them backed by Iranian IRGC. In Saladin Governorate , fighters from

14-507: A "meteoric growth". Notably, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali has also attempted to rally Syriac Christian Assyrians to its cause since its formation, based on a purported affinity between Shia Islam and Christians and the supposed betrayal of the Iraqi Christians by Iraqi Kurdistan in course of the Fall of Mosul . In line with these attempts, the group has formed its own, though minor, Christian unit,

21-536: Is affiliated with the Sadrist Movement , and was at one point member of the anti-American Mahdi Army . Kata'ib al-Imam Ali also appears to enjoy the favour of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, who has at times even personally led the group into battle. Thanks to these links, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali is well-equipped and has been able to recruit veteran militants, allowing

28-715: The Imam Ali Battalions , are the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq (Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah) and serve as part of the umbrella organization " Popular Mobilization Forces ". Kata'ib al-Imam Ali is prominently involved in the War in Iraq , fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Kata'ib al-Imam Ali came into existence in June 2014 as the armed wing of

35-539: The "Spirit of God Jesus Son of Mary Battalions". In late 2014, one of the group's commanders, Abu Azrael , gained prominence after appearing in the media armed with axes, swords and machine guns. In 2015, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali began to send its fighters to Syria , allegedly to protect the Sayyidah Zaynab Shrine , and participated in the Second Battle of Tikrit . In early 2016, its fighters were involved in

42-523: The Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah (Movement of the Islamic Iraq) party. While its emergence was linked to the large-scale Shia mobilization after the escalation of Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgency into a full-out civil war, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali is closely connected to older Iraqi Shia Islamist organizations, parties and militias, as well as to the Iranian Quds Force . The group's secretary general Shibl al-Zaydi

49-550: The group posed in videos with the severed heads of their slain enemies. In late December 2014, the group set about training Christians for a subgroup called Kataib Rouh wing. This article about a specific military unit is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about the military of Iraq is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brigade of Imam Ali Non-state allies Syrian Civil War Kata'ib al-Imam Ali ( Arabic : كتائب الإمام علي , Kataʾib al-ʾImām ʿAlīy ), also known as

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