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Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah terror militia who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
The United States designates four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations, the State Department says.
The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali, the department says in a statement. All four have been previously cited as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, it says.
“Iran-aligned militia groups have conducted attacks on the US Embassy in Baghdad and bases hosting U.S. and Coalition forces, typically using front names or proxy groups to obfuscate their involvement,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says in the statement.
The United States considers Iran the world’s leading sponsor of state terrorism.
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