Kataib Sayyad al Shuhada was originally formed to support the Assad regime in Syria against a rebel uprising, but joined Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in 2014 to fight ISIS.

Authors

• Person: Ashley Lane Organization: Wilson Center
  Iran's Islamist Proxies in the Middle East - Wilson Center

Sources

• Iran's Islamist Proxies in the Middle East - Wilson Center www.wilsoncenter.org Ashley Lane · Wilson Center via serper

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• Syria location
• Assad regime entity