al-Sadr Liwa al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad Liwa Karbala Tashkil al-Karar The Turkmen Brigade Northern Front Quwat al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Muntadhar al-Muhammadawi Tashkil Malik al-Ashtar Fayli Kurd Brigade – 16 June 2014 Led by Secretary-General of Supreme National Front for Feyli Kurds, Maher al-Feyli Size: 1,000–5,000 Helped by: Saad al-Madlabi (from State of Law Coalition) and Mouin AlKazmi Scientific evaluation The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) recognized a rise in the Shiite Badr organization since 2014 under the leadership of its Secretary General Hadi al-Amiri. In 2017 SWP wrote Badr organization is one of "the most important actors in Iraqi politics". It has become the most important instrument of Iranian politics in Iraq. Its aim is "to exert the greatest possible influence on the central government in Baghdad and at the same time to build the strongest possible Shiite militias that are dependent on Iran". The foundation compared the role of the organization with that of Hezbollah in Lebanon. See also Private militias in Iraq List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War Holy Shrine Defender References External links Michele Norris & Ivan Watson, "Profile: Opposition Group Claiming to Represent Iraqi Shias Enters Northern Iraq," All Things Considered (March 10, 2003), NPR. Counter Extremism Project profile Popular Mobilization Forces Arab militant groups Conservative parties in Iraq Factions in the Iraq War Military wings of political parties Paramilitary forces of Iraq Rebel groups in Iraq Shia Islamic political parties Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq Anti-ISIL factions in Syria Pro-government factions of the Syrian civil war Organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates Shia Islamist groups Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist Paramilitary organizations based in Iraq Jihadist groups in Iraq Axis of Resistance