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[size=52]With a single parliamentary seat.. an American report monitors the concern raised by the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq and the region[/size]

[size=45]On Thursday, the US Al-Monitor website highlighted the role played by the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, both internally and externally, and its attempt to maintain its influence by several means, despite the lack of popular support it enjoys.[/size]
[size=45]The US report pointed out, first of all, that the armed Hezbollah Brigades intensified, during the past weeks, sending messages and attacks on its "enemies" inside and outside Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The report mentioned two incidents, the first related to the fact that the Brigades of Promise Righteousness claimed responsibility for a drone attack on February 3 on the UAE, noting that experts believe that this group is a front for Kata’ib Hezbollah or is closely linked to it.[/size]
[size=45]The battalions also collected donations and urged others to donate in order to provide the Houthi fighters in Yemen with drones, and published a picture of an impressive building in the Emirates in the background of its propaganda campaign.[/size]
[size=45]The battalions, Anbar and Syria[/size]
[size=45]As for the second incident, it is related to the military movements of the battalions in Anbar province, which provoked anger and fear among the residents, although Iraqi officials said that the brigades are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces that receive government salaries and are officially deployed in the region.[/size]
[size=45]However, local tribal leaders and others criticized this military appearance of the brigades, which was represented by a large convoy of military vehicles passing through the Anbar province bordering Syria, and videos about it were posted on social media on February 6.[/size]
[size=45]However, the government-linked Security Media Cell tweeted on its Twitter account, noting that the military convoy “belongs to the heroes of the Popular Mobilization Units” and that they were on the return trip after a leave of service.[/size]
[size=45]While the report indicated that the brigades were “hated and feared” by the local population, it said that two of the brigades were officially deployed a long time ago in the city of Al-Qaim on the Iraqi border with Syria, and that despite the integration of these brigades into the official Iraqi military forces, they were They are sometimes targeted in western Anbar and Syria through US air strikes, as happened on February 25, 2021, in the first announced military action by the administration of US President Joe Biden.[/size]
[size=45]America and ISIS[/size]
[size=45]The military spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar al-Husseini, indicated in a tweet on Twitter, "America is facilitating the movement of terrorists on the borders, and this military presence aims to prevent any security gaps and confront ISIS movements."[/size]
[size=45]According to the report, Hezbollah Brigades and other factions affiliated with the so-called "resistance", led by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, openly cross into and out of Syria and fight alongside the Syrian government forces against armed opposition groups and ISIS, and it exercises effective control in some areas. regions of eastern Syria, without any interference from Damascus.[/size]
[size=45]The report also talks about the existence of persistent allegations of the brigades' involvement in the booming of the drug trade across the border.[/size]
[size=45]In any case, the report considers that the scenes of the military convoy in Anbar, raised the fears of the residents of the region, which reflects a deep mistrust of the Popular Mobilization Units from outside the region, adding that the region suffered greatly from ISIS, but also witnessed the loss of more than a thousand men and boys, Where it is believed that many of them were killed for sectarian reasons.[/size]
[size=45]Single parliamentary seat[/size]
[size=45]After that, the report stated that the brigades only won one seat in the October 10, 2021 elections, while the political debate is still going on in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]On the external level, the report referred to a tweet by a military spokesman for the brigades in late January, during which he congratulated the Houthi group in Yemen after it launched attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia, while the group was the front for the brigades, which launched the February 3 attack on the country. The Emirates, vowed to launch more attacks on that country.[/size]
[size=45]The report recalled Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s criticism of what he calls “outlaw” groups, against which he sometimes worked, as most observers agree that this term refers to the Hezbollah Brigades and other resistance groups that do not owe allegiance to the Iraqi state, even if some of them have units. Military ranks of government forces.[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that Al-Kazemi was targeted in a drone attack on the seventh of November, and he is a candidate again for prime minister, while Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, like Al-Kazemi, was threatened by the battalions.[/size]
[size=45]The report concluded by saying that in light of the "limited popular support of the Iraqi people for Kata'ib Hezbollah, there are fears that the group will find other means to preserve its freedom of movement and authority through constant threats and attacks."[/size]
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