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image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 September 2020
This is the flag of the 18th Brigade within the umbrella organization called
"Popular Mobilization Forces": "سرايا الخراساني
(English: Saraya al-Khorasani) (also known as سرايا طليعة الخراساني
(English:
Saraya Talia Al-Khorasani, Saraya Khorasani Vanguard ), an
Iranian-aligned
group with origins going back to the 1990s. First made more of a public
impact through advertising its deployments to Syria on social media in 2013."
(http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/10/hashd-brigade-numbers-index,
https://www.voanews.com/episode/iran-backed-militia-taking-leading-role-operation-iraqs-hawija-3762056,
http://rawabetcenter.com/en/?p=825,
https://jamestown.org/program/a-short-profile-of-iraqs-shia-militias/ and
https://www.facebook.com/saraya.alkhorasany, this last source is
unavailable).
The group traces its roots as back as 1986 when a Company
(a military formation usually made up of a maximum of 100 members) called
سرية الكرار, Saraya al-Karar, (English: al-Karrar Company, although it is
usually accepted to be named Brigade even though its manpower does not
reflect its designation). It evolved later on in 1995 as the military wing of
the Iraqi political party حزب الطليعة الإسلامي , Hezb Taleea al-Islamiya
(English: Islamic Vanguard Party) which was officially
recognized as such in 2003.
Sources:
http://historicoblog4.blogspot.com/2017/04/mourir-pour-assad-11-saraya-al-khorasani.html
and
http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-monde/saraya-al-khorasani-milice-chiite-irakienne-soutien-syrie-iran-bataille-de-mossoul-combats-alep-guerre-etat-islamique-ei-daech-al-yasiri?platform=hootsuite
It derives its name from أبو مسلم الخراساني (English: Abu Muslim al-Khorasani,
or more formally Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani, or Abd al-Rahman
bin Muslim al-Khorasani, although his name is claimed to be إبراهيم بن خكّان
(English: Ibrahim bin Khakan) who was a Persian general in service of the
Abbasid dynasty, who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad
dynasty (sources: https://ar.wikipedia.org,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muslim)
The flag of this military
unit is a horizontal yellow background featuring the logo in black.
1.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 September 2020
Source:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraya_al-Khorasani
2.gif)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 September 2020
Source:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraya_al-Khorasani
.gif)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 September 2020
Source:
http://isp-iraq.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1.pdf
This is the logo of the Hezb Taleea al-Islamiya party.
Esteban Rivera, 25 September 2020