Badr Organization

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Badr Organization منظمة بدر
Leader	Hadi al-Amiri
Founded	1982–2003 (1982–2003) as the military wing of the ISCI 2003–present as a political movement
Ideology	Shia Islamism[1] Khomeinism[2] Anti-Sunnism[3] Conservatism
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	National Iraqi Alliance[4] (2005–2014) State of Law Coalition (2014–18)[5][6][7] Fatah Alliance (2018–present)
International affiliation	Axis of Resistance
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:	17 / 329
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections

Badr Organization
Leaders	Hadi Al-Amiri
Dates of operation	1982–2003 (officially) 2014–present
Allegiance	Iran (IRGC)[8]
Group(s)	Structure
Headquarters	Najaf, Iraq
Active regions	Baghdad and Southern Iraq
Size	15,000 (2008)[9] 10,000–15,000 (2014)[10]
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces (2014–present)
Allies	State allies:  Iran  Iraq  Syria Non-state allies: Islamic Dawa Party (Nouri al-Maliki)[11] Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[12]  Hezbollah[13] Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda[14] Quwwat Sahl Ninawa[15] Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham[16] Kata'ib Hezbollah[17]
Opponents	State opponents:  Ba'athist Iraq (1982–2003) Non-state opponents: Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order[18] People's Mujahedin of Iran[19]  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army[20] Peshmerga[21]
Battles and wars	Iran–Iraq War 1991 uprisings in Iraq 1991 uprising in Basra 1991 uprising in Karbala Kurdish Civil War Iraq War Battle of Amarah Battle of Basra War in Iraq (2013–2017) Salahuddin campaign Siege of Amirli Operation Ashura Dhuluiya offensive Battle of Baiji (2014–15) Second Battle of Tikrit Battle of Mosul (2016) 2015–2018 Iraqi protests Syrian Civil War Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)[22] Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)[23] Palmyra offensive (March 2016)[24] 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign[25]
Designated as a terrorist group by	United Arab Emirates[26]

The Badr Organization (Arabic: منظمة بدر Munaẓẓama Badr), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamist and Khomeinist^[27] political party and paramilitary organization headed by Hadi al-Amiri. The Badr Brigade, formed in 1982 and led by Iranian officers, served as the military arm of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a Shia Islamic party based in Iran. The Badr Brigade was created by Iranian intelligence and Shia cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim with the aim of fighting the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War. Since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq most of the Badr Brigades' fighters have entered the new Iraqi army and police force. Politically, Badr Brigade and SCIRI were considered to be one party since 2003, but have now unofficially separated^[28] with the Badr Organization now an official Iraqi political party. Badr Brigade forces, and their Iranian commanders, have come to prominence in 2014 fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq.^[29] It is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces.