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Kata'ib Hezbollah

Kata'ib Hezbollah is one of the Iranian-backed "Special Groups" of Shi'a militias that carried out attacks on coalition forces during the Iraq war.

  • 147 MEF articles
  • 2 MEF profile pages
  • 18 militia events

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OFAC Designation Status

OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list, data of October 13, 2026. The SDN file carries no listing date.
SDN NameEntryProgramMatch
KATA'IB HIZBALLAH11462FTO; SDGT; IRAQ3Exact name match: Kata'ib Hizballah

Source: OFAC SDN List. Check the entry number in OFAC Sanctions List Search.

Militia Events

The Shia Militia Tracker records 18 events naming this group. See the events on the Shia Militia Tracker.

Latest MEF Articles

MEF articles naming Kata'ib Hezbollah, newest first
DateArticle
October 2, 2026Who is Winning the War with Iran?
September 21, 2026To Combat Iranian Proxies, Trump Should Target Their Penetration of Iraqi Telecom
August 14, 2026Can Iran’s Strategic Capture of Iraq’s Telecommunications be Reversed?
August 4, 2026Inside the Houthi Network in Iraq
July 31, 2026The U.S.-Iran Pause Didn’t Stop Tehran’s Drone War, and This Worries Israel
July 29, 2026The Muslim Brotherhood Reorganizes in Iraq
July 27, 2026Why Purging Iraq’s Security Institutions Matters More than Disbanding Militias
July 13, 2026Tehran Uses Khamenei’s Funeral to Reinforce That Iraq Is Still in Iran’s Orbit
June 29, 2026How Tehran Weaponizes Iraq’s Diplomatic Apparatus
May 6, 2026Iraqi Judge Faiq Zaidan Misleads Washington
April 19, 2026Will Iraq’s New Prime Minister Uphold Rule of Law?
April 17, 2026Iraqi Prime Minister Sudani Lies to President Trump About Militias

Showing the 12 most recent of 147 MEF articles naming Kata'ib Hezbollah, the earliest dated August 21, 2012.

Spellings Matched

Mentions are counted when one of these spellings appears as a whole word. See the method.

  • Kata'ib Hezbollah
  • Kata'ib Hizballah
  • Hizballah Brigades
  • Kataib Hezbollah
  • Kataib Hizballah

Cite: Middle East Forum, MEF Research by Name, “Kata'ib Hezbollah,” accessed October 13, 2026, https://entities.meforum.org/e/kataib-hezbollah/