Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations

Saraya Ashura

Not yet designated terrorist by a Western country.
Base of operations: Iraq

Saraya Ashura (Ashura Brigades) is a Shi'a militia operating in Iraq to combat the renewed Sunni Arab insurgency of 2014. It is tied closely to Ammar al-Hakim and the Supreme Islamic Council, a Shi'a Islamist political faction that is the closest of the three main Shi'a political parties (Dawa, Sadrist blocs and Supreme Islamic Council) to Iran.

Saraya Ashura Armpatch	Saraya Ashura Emblem	Saraya Ashura Flag	Saraya Ashura in Karbala
Saraya Ashura Martyrdom Poster	Saraya Ashura: Ammar al-Hakim	Saraya Ashura: Liwa al-Imam Ali