Kurdistan Brigades

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Kurdistan Brigades
(Kurdish: کەتیبەکانی کوردستان)
LeadersDilshad Kalari (Unknown to Unknown): Very little is known about Kalari although some sources believe him to be the operational leader of AQKB. Abdullah Hassan al-Surani (2007 to Unknown): Surani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.
Salafist Jihadism
Wahhabism[3]
Anti-Zionism
Part of al-Qaeda
Allies
OpponentsState opponents

Non-state opponents

  • Peshmerga
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and warsthe
Global War on Terrorism
Designated as a terrorist group by United States

The Kurdistan Brigades,

Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. After 2010, the group largely faded into obscurity, and there is little verifiable information about its current activities.[6]

Formation

AQKB was founded in 2007, after the apparent disbandment of

Mariwan and Sanandaj.[7]

Attacks

The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against

KRG's Ministry of Interior in Erbil that killed 19 people in May 2007.[7] AQKB killed 7 border guards and one PUK security officer in Penjwan in July 2007. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in Sulaymaniyah.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ISBN 9780231539104. Archived
    from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. MEMRI. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original
    on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ "The Kurdistan Brigades: Al-Qaeda's Kurdish Henchmen". Jamestown. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ Cassman, Daniel. "Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists". Rudaw.net. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Stanford - CISAC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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