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Fatah Alliance


The Fatah Alliance (Arabic: ائتلاف الفتحTahalof Al-Fateh) is a political coalition in Iraq formed to contest the 2018 general election. The main components are former groups involved in the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) - mainly Shiite Arab militias who fought alongside the Iraqi army to defeat Daesh from 2014 to 2017. It is led by Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization.

Reported components of the alliance include the Badr Organisation, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib al-Imam Ali.

The Badr Organisation, headed by Hadi Al-Amiri, was previously part of the ruling State of Law Coalition and announced their withdrawal in December 2017.

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq split from the Sadrist Movement in 2004. It has also been one of the main Iraqi armed groups active in the Syrian Civil War. They have received funding and training from Iran's Quds Force and - like many Sadrists - are reported to have religious allegiance to the Iranian Grand Ayatollah Kazem al-Haeri. They formed a political wing, the Al-Sadiquon Bloc, to contest the 2014 general election, where they won one seat.


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