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Iraqi paramilitary leader

Akram al-Kaabi
أكرم الكعبي

Secretary-General of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013

Personal details
Born	(1977-07-17) 17 July 1977 (age 47) Amarah, Ba'athist Iraq
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Branch/service	Mahdi Army (2003–2008) Popular Mobilization Forces (2013–2020) Islamic Resistance in Iraq (2020-present)
Unit	Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Battles/wars	Iraq War War in Iraq (2013–2017)

Akram Abbas al-Ka'abi (Arabic: أكرم الكعبي; born 17 July 1977) is an Iraqi militant leader who is the founder and Secretary-General of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN) in Iraq. Kaabi is a U.S.-designated terrorist who is regarded as one of the main operatives of IRGC's Quds Force in Iraq. He has been an ardent supporter and promoter of Iranian influence in Iraq while being the most outspoken critic of American military presence as he seeks to compel U.S. forces to withdraw completely from Iraq.

Al-Kaabi's militia, HHN, emerged in 2013 as an offshoot of the Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq.

Early life and militant career

Al-Kaabi was born in 1977 in the city of Amarah, a Shi'ite city in southern Iraq. He studied religion in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, where he was a student of Ayatollah Muhammad-Sadiq al-Sadr, father of Iraqi Shia cleric and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Afterwards he went on to serve as an imam at a mosque in the city of Musayyib in central Iraq. In 2003, al-Kaabi joined the Sadrist Mahdi Army, where he planned and led attacks against Iraqi and U.S.-led Coalition forces with training and funding from Iran's Quds Force. He left the Mahdi Army in 2008 and later became the deputy leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq. In an interview with Long War Journal, al-Kaabi stated he would overthrow the Iraqi government if ordered by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Al-Kaabi formed HHN militia in 2013 in response to the rise of ISIS in Syria, calling for Iraqi Shi'ite militias to travel to Syria and fight alongside the Syrian government.

Sanctions

On 16 September 2008, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Akram al-Kaabi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) "for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq." The sanction is based on Executive Order 13438 and al-Kaabi was placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals List.

On 5 March 2019, the U.S. Department of State designated al-Kaabi as an international terrorist pursuant to the counterterrorism authority Executive Order 13224 due to his involvement in carrying out attacks against Coalition forces and innocent Iraqi citizens.

Notes

^ "Akram Al-Kaabi". Counter Extremism Project. 30 January 2020.
"Akram al-Kaabi: Iranian-Backed Militia Leader Threatens American Presence in Iraq". Jamestown. 4 November 2020.
"Iraq's Shiite forces claim victory over IS". Al-Monitor. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
"Iraqi Shiite militia leader says he would overthrow government if ordered by Iran's supreme leader | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org.
"Treasury Designates Individuals and Entities Fueling Violence in Iraq". treasury.gov. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
"Sanctions List Search - Akram al-Kaabi". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.

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Popular Mobilization Forces

In Iraq

People

General commanders	Falih Alfayyadh Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis †
Secondary commanders	Hadi al-Amiri (Badr) Muqtada al-Sadr (Peace Companies) Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir (Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda)
Former commanders	Akram al-Kaabi (Harakat al-Nujaba) Qais Khazali (AAH)

Factions

Current	Badr Organization Liwa al-Tafuf Liwa Ali al-Akbar Peace Companies Babylon Brigade Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam Liwa al-Shabak Salah al-Din Brigade Jaysh al-Mu'ammal Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda Saraya al-Jihad Saraya al-Khorasani Sinjar Resistance Units Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr
Former	Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada

Other personals

Media

Current	Team Media War (general) Alghadeer TV (Badr)

Former	Alahad TV (AAH) Alnujaba TV (Nujaba) Aletejah TV (KH)

Military activities

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Ideology	Jihadism Salafi jihadism Pan-Islamism
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