Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Nujaba Movement or HHN; Arabic: حركة حزب الله النجباء, romanized: Ḥaraka Ḥizballāh an-Nujabā’, lit. 'Movement of the Party of Allah's Nobles'), is an Iranian backed radical Iraqi Shiite militia operating in Iraq and Syria.
The Islamist terror organization was founded in 2013 by Akram al-Kaabi, who serves as Secretary-General, and with the support of the Revolutionary Guards' (IRGC) Quds Force, with the aim of assisting the infamous brutal genocidal Assad regime in Syria in fighting against rebel forces.
From its inception, the movement operated under Iranian auspices, and the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force provides its members with weapons, training, and funding, and is therefore considered one of Iran's most prominent proxy forces in the Middle East. The movement also receives assistance from the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorists.
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- Michael Knights, Profile: Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. The Washington Institute, Apr 27, 2021.
- Sanctions List Search. OFAC.
- The Nujaba Movement – the Movement of the Noble Ones: One of the dominant pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. Terrorism info. May 14, 2023
- Ahmad Majidyar, Iran-Backed Militia Leader Vows to “Liberate” Golan Heights, Destroy Israel, Middle East Institute, March 17, 2017.
- Amit Toumaj, IRGC-controlled Iraqi militia forms ‘Golan Liberation Brigade’, FDD's Long War Journal, March 12, 2017.