Kidnapping in Iraq shows dangers of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah - analysis
Kataib Hezbollah has also tried to infiltrate Syria’s Albukamal to help Iran move weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
The kidnapping in Baghdad of researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, showcases the threat that Iranian-backed militias, particularly Kataib Hezbollah, pose in Iraq and the region. Kataib Hezbollah has long been involved in threats against US forces in Iraq, as well as threats against Saudi Arabia and other countries. In the past it established a network in Syria and is part of the wider Iranian-backed octopus of groups that are linked to Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Kataib Hezbollah was founded in the first decade of the 2000s and was well known for threats to US forces after the US invasion in 2003. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of the group was one of those sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury.
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Kataib Hezbollah has also tried to infiltrate Syria’s Albukamal to help Iran move weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
The kidnapping in Baghdad of researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, showcases the threat that Iranian-backed militias, particularly Kataib Hezbollah, pose in Iraq and the region. Kataib Hezbollah has long been involved in threats against US forces in Iraq, as well as threats against Saudi Arabia and other countries. In the past it established a network in Syria and is part of the wider Iranian-backed octopus of groups that are linked to Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Kataib Hezbollah was founded in the first decade of the 2000s and was well known for threats to US forces after the US invasion in 2003. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of the group was one of those sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-748981