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{{Short description|Militant Islamist organization}}
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{{infobox war faction {{infobox war faction
| name = Kurdistan Brigades
|name=al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions
|native_name=({{lang-ar|تنظيم القاعدة الكتائب الكردية}}) | native_name = ({{langx|ku|کەتیبەکانی کوردستان}})
|native_name_lang=ar | native_name_lang = ku
|war=the ] and<br>the ] | war = the ] and<br>the ]
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|caption=The ] flag commonly used by al-Qaeda. | caption = The groups flag, which is a ] with "Kurdistan Brigades" written under it.
| active = 2001-present, largely inactive after 2010
|active=March 2007–present<ref></ref>
⚫ | ideology = ]<br>] ]<br>]<br>]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Valerie|title=The Hillary Doctrine|date=30 June 2015|publisher=Columbia University|page=154|isbn=9780231539104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ&dq=wahhabi+al+nusra&pg=PA154|accessdate=15 January 2016|archive-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020011554/https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ#q=wahhabi%20al%20nusra|url-status=live}}</ref><br>]
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| leaders = Dilshad Kalari (unknown to unknown)
* ]
⚫ Abdullah Hassan al-Sorani (2007 to unknown): al-Sorani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |title=Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118225155/http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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⚫ | headquarters = ], ]
⚫ * ]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Valerie|title=The Hillary Doctrine|date=30 June 2015|publisher=Columbia University|page=154|isbn=9780231539104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&dq=wahhabi+al+nusra#q=wahhabi%20al%20nusra|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref>
⚫ | partof = ] ]
|leaders= Dilshad Kalari (Unknown to Unknown): Very little is known about Kalari although some sources believe him to be the operational leader of AQKB.
| allies = * {{flagicon image|Flag of Ansar al-Islam.svg}} ]
⚫ Abdullah Hassan al-Surani (2007 to Unknown): Surani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.<ref></ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg|size=23px}} ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7119.htm|title=ISI Confirms That Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Its Extension in Syria, Declares 'Islamic State of Iraq And Al-Sham' As New Name of Merged Group |publisher=]|date=8 April 2013|access-date=15 August 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085808/http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7119.htm|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>
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'''Non-State Opponents''' '''Non-state opponents'''
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||designated_as_terror_group_by={{USA}} | designated_as_terror_group_by = {{USA}}
|allies={{flagicon image|Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg|size=20px}} ]
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'''al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions (AQKB)''' is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the northern ]. It is the ] branch of ] that has launched several attacks on the ] in northern Iraq. The group was classified as a ] by the ] on January 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terrorist Designation of the al-Qaida Kurdish Battalions|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/180166.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> The '''Kurdistan Brigades''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kurdistan Brigades: Al-Qaeda's Kurdish Henchmen |url=https://jamestown.org/program/the-kurdistan-brigades-al-qaedas-kurdish-henchmen/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}}</ref> are a militant ] organization, primarily active in the ] regions of ] and ]. It is the official ] branch of ]. It has also launched several attacks on the ] in northern Iraq. The group was overshadowed by other Islamist factions but remains active.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/395|title=Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions|first1=Daniel|last1=Cassman|access-date=April 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313161800/http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/395|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Formation== ==Formation==
The Kurdistan Brigades were founded in 2001 in the ], as an official faction of ]. It was founded by former ] militants. However, the creation of the Kurdistan Brigades was announced with a video called "Back to the Mountains" released in March 2007 by Al-Qaeda. From 2007 to 2010, they waged an insurgency against the Kurdistan Regional Government with many attacks against authorities. They were also active in Iranian Kurdistan.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=ABD-İran geriliminin yeni ismi; El Kaide'nin Kürt grubu |url=https://www.rudaw.net/turkish/kurdistan/140120216 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115165801/https://www.rudaw.net/turkish/kurdistan/140120216 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=www.rudaw.net}}</ref>
⚫ AQKB was founded in 2007, after the apparent disbandment of ], another al-Qaeda-affiliated group. The group is considered to be relatively small, but it has camps in the Iranian towns of ] and ].<ref name="rudaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4306.html |title=Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists |publisher=Rudaw.net |date=2012-01-15 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>

⚫ The group is considered to be relatively small, but it has camps in the Iranian Kurdish towns of ] and ].<ref name="rudaw">{{cite web |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4306.html |title=Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists |publisher=Rudaw.net |date=2012-01-15 |accessdate=2012-01-29 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326190318/http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4306.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2014, the Kurdistan Brigades released a statement where they criticised the ] and called on Kurds to not join it.<ref name="auto"/>


==Attacks== ==Attacks==
The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against ]'s Ministry of Interior in ] that killed 19 people in May 2007.<ref name="rudaw"/> AQKB killed 7 border guards and one ] security officer in Penjwan in July 2007. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |publisher=Stanford - CISAC |accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref> The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against ]'s Ministry of Interior in ] that killed 19 people in May 2007.<ref name="rudaw"/> AQKB killed 7 border guards and one ] security officer in Penjwan in July 2007. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |publisher=Stanford - CISAC |accessdate=13 June 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609140636/https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |url-status=live }}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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Militant Islamist organization

Kurdistan Brigades
(Kurdish: کەتیبەکانی کوردستان)
The groups flag, which is a Shahada with "Kurdistan Brigades" written under it.
LeadersDilshad Kalari (unknown to unknown) Abdullah Hassan al-Sorani (2007 to unknown): al-Sorani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.
Dates of operation2001-present, largely inactive after 2010
HeadquartersIraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan
IdeologyIslamic extremism
Salafist Qutbism
Salafist Jihadism
Wahhabism
Anti-Zionism
Part of al-Qaeda
Allies
OpponentsState opponents

Non-state opponents

Battles and warsthe Iraq War and
the Global War on Terrorism
Designated as a terrorist group by United States

The Kurdistan Brigades, are a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Iran. It is the official Kurdish branch of al-Qaeda. It has also launched several attacks on the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. The group was overshadowed by other Islamist factions but remains active.

Formation

The Kurdistan Brigades were founded in 2001 in the Hamrin Mountains, as an official faction of Al-Qaeda. It was founded by former Ansar al-Islam militants. However, the creation of the Kurdistan Brigades was announced with a video called "Back to the Mountains" released in March 2007 by Al-Qaeda. From 2007 to 2010, they waged an insurgency against the Kurdistan Regional Government with many attacks against authorities. They were also active in Iranian Kurdistan.

The group is considered to be relatively small, but it has camps in the Iranian Kurdish towns of Mariwan and Sanandaj.

In April 2014, the Kurdistan Brigades released a statement where they criticised the Islamic State and called on Kurds to not join it.

Attacks

The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against KRG's Ministry of Interior in Erbil that killed 19 people in May 2007. AQKB killed 7 border guards and one PUK security officer in Penjwan in July 2007. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in Sulaymaniyah.

References

  1. "Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. Hudson, Valerie (30 June 2015). The Hillary Doctrine. Columbia University. p. 154. ISBN 9780231539104. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. "ISI Confirms That Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Its Extension in Syria, Declares 'Islamic State of Iraq And Al-Sham' As New Name of Merged Group". MEMRI. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. "The Kurdistan Brigades: Al-Qaeda's Kurdish Henchmen". Jamestown. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. Cassman, Daniel. "Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ "ABD-İran geriliminin yeni ismi; El Kaide'nin Kürt grubu". www.rudaw.net. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists". Rudaw.net. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  8. "Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Stanford - CISAC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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