BEHIND THE LINES: Kataib Hezbollah, in addition to being a coalition partner in Iraq, is a component in a structure seeking the absorption of the Iraqi state by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
MEMBERS OF the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah organization gather ahead of the funeral of the founder Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, who was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport in January 2020. (photo credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS)ByJONATHAN SPYER
