1 April 2007
●Kata'ib Hezbollah (Iraq) founded
PartiesIraq / Saddam HusseinIranHezbollah
Kata'ib Hezbollah Iraq was founded under Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as a faction linked to the Revolutionary Guard and Lebanese Hezbollah; its nucleus goes back to 2003, but the name appeared in 2006–2007.