Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces قوات أبو الفضل العباس
Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Emblem & Flag
Leaders	Sheikh Aws al-Khafaji Sheikh Abu Kamil al-Lami[1]
Foundation	2014
Dates of operation	June 2014 – 2017/2020[2]
Dissolved	2017-2020
Split from	Sadrist Movement Peace Companies
Headquarters	Baghdad (until 2017-2020)
Active regions	Iraq (until 2017-2020) Syria (until 2017-2020)
Ideology	Iraqi nationalism Shia Islamism Anti-Zionism
Size	Unknown
Part of	Iraqi Private Militias (until 2017-2020)
Allies	State Allies Iraq Ba'athist Syria (until 2024) Non-state Allies Kata'ib Hezbollah Kata'ib al-Imam Ali[1] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas (until 2024)[3]
Opponents	Iran[4][5][6][2][7] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Popular Mobilization Forces[5][8][2][9]
Battles and wars	Iraq conflict (2003–2017) Iraqi insurgency War in Iraq (2013-2017) Syrian civil war

Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces (Arabic:قوات أبو الفضل العباسQuwwat ‘Ābū al-Faḍl al-‘Abbās), officially named theQaeda Quwwat Abu Fadl al-Abbas, was a Shiite militia which operated in Iraq and was formed followingISIL advances in June 2014. The force is affiliated with SheikhAws al-Khafaji, who was previously aligned withMuqtada al-Sadr. The group claimed an affinity with the similarly namedLiwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas group fighting inSyrian Civil War on behalf of the Syrian government.^[10][11] QQAFA also appeared to have deep links toKataib al-Imam Ali.^[1]

In February 2019, thePopular Mobilization Forces (PMF) raided a base belonging to the group, during the raid the group's leader Aws al-Khafaji was arrested by Iraqi forces, the Popular Mobilization Forces claimed that the raid was part of an ongoing operation to crack down on fake groups claiming to be part of PMF in order to commit crimes. The group also never formally declared itself as part of PMF nor had it ever registered as part of PMF with the Iraqi government.^[12][5][2]

The group's leader Aws al-Khafaji has also expressed ideological differences with Iran, and has been critical of Iranian influence in Iraq, and though having a falling-out with Muqtada al-Sadr still adheres to theSadrist ideology. Khafaji also voiced support forprotests in Iraq in mid-2018 over Iranian and Turkish policies causing highsalinity in Iraqi water.^[5][13]

During the protests against Iranian policies and influence in Iraq, another commander in the group wrote, "Every noble Iraqi must boycott Iran and Turkey in business, tourism and politics. This is the fate of a country and the Messenger of God (SAWS) said: a non-Arab has shown no compassion for an Arab at all by the Lord of the Ka'aba." Prior to the arrest of the group's overall leader, Khafaji, he made statements in the media criticizing Iran, supporters of the group have claimed that his opposition and criticism of Iran are the real reasons for Khafaji's arrest. Other members of the group have condemned Iran on social media citing that they are not part of PMF as it contains several factions loyal to Iran. The group's branch in Syria and other allied militias composed of Iraqis released a statement condemning the arrest Khafaji.^[14]

TheAbu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces were dissolved according to the statement of the General Headquarters numbered 1191 on 9/12/2017.^[2]

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