Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada

Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)

US State Dept FTO	Listed Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) since September 18, 2025 (effective on Federal Register publication, 90 FR 45097)
US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT)	Listed KATA'IB SAYYID AL-SHUHADA
UK Proscribed	Not listed official list
EU Terrorist Lists	Not listed official list
Canada Listed Entities	Not listed official list
Australia Listed	Not listed official list

Checked against the official lists on October 12, 2026. Listing names are quoted as the list gives them. What changed since 2018

Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.

Not yet designated as terrorist by a Western country

Base of operations: Syria, Iraq

Background: Washington Institute

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada is an Iranian proxy militia of Iraqi Shi'a fighters that has deployed to both Syria and Iraq. It first emerged in 2013 as fighting force in Syria. Headed by Abu Ala al-Wa'eli, the group also involves the Basra-based MP Faleh al-Khaz'ali, who acts as the 'jihadi assistant' for Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada'.