2004. Qais al-Khazali split from Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army after the Shi'a uprising in 2004 to create his own Khazali network. When the Mahdi Army signed...

and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front) against the Syrian government, supported by Hezbollah...

Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th and current president of Syria since 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief...

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In addition, the Army completed its control of Hallak Al-Fukani, Hallak Al-Tahtani and Bustan Al-Basha, with Kurdish support, while the northeastern Inzarat...

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Mahdi Army), Kata'ib Hezbollah, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organization. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi...

the group have been taught by jihadist cleric Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi. The Movement of Salah al-Din the Kurd also regards itself as a Kurdish movement, and...

the IRGC and Lebanese Hezbollah helped the militia Shi'ite forces of the Mahdi Army that were fighting the U.S. forces in 2004. He said that in the 2004...

Asia portal List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi Lund, Aron (5 October 2012). "Holy Warriors". Foreign Policy. Retrieved...