Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
كتائب سيد الشهداء Participant in the Syrian Civil War and Iraqi Civil War (2014-present)
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada flag and logo
Active	2013–present
Ideology	Shia Islamism Wilayat al Faqih
Leaders	Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
Area of operations	Damascus Governorate Daraa Governorate
Strength	200 (December 2014)
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces
Originated as	Sheibani Network
Allies	Iran Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
Opponents	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin Iraqi Civil War (2014-present) Salahuddin campaign Second Battle of Tikrit (March 2015)

Syrian Civil War

Iraqi Civil War (2014-present)

The Martyrs of Sayyid Battalions, or Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) (Arabic: كتائب سيد الشهداء‎‎), are an Iraqi Shia militia formed in 2013 to protect "(Shia) shrines across the globe", preserve "Iraqi unity" and to "put an end to the sectarian conflict". It militarily supports the al-Assad Government in Syria, where its main focus lies with the protection of the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in the southern suburbs of Damascus. The group also engaged in the Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin in December 2014. It has close ties to the Badr Organization.