The Department of State today designated Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA) and HAAA Secretary General Haider Mujir Malak al-Saidi as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
HAAA is an Iraq-based Iran-aligned militia group and is part of the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI)” – a front group that includes several Iran-aligned terrorist and militia groups, including the US-designated terrorist organizations Kata’ib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba, and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, which have repeatedly attacked the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria. The IRI has claimed responsibility for dozens of recent attacks against US military personnel in Iraq and Syria, including the drone strike on Tower 22 in Jordan in January that killed three US service members. HAAA was involved in that attack. Additionally, HAAA has publicly threatened to continue attacking US interests in the region. HAAA has also terrorized the Iraqi people.
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