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”’Cave Companions”’ or ”’Ashab al-Kahf”’ is |
”’Cave Companions”’ or ”’Ashab al-Kahf”’ is used front group Iran-backed [[militia]]s involvement in military operations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=لمحة عامة عن “أصحاب الكهف” |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/ar/policy-analysis/lmht-amt-n-ashab-alkhf |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=The Washington Institute |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=اصحاب الكهف يستهدفون رتلاٌ للقوات الأميركية في اليوسفية جنوب بغداد {{!}} وكالة انباء فارس |url=https://www.farsnews.ir/ar/news/14010202000047/%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87%D9%81-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8C-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.farsnews.ir}}</ref> |
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first appearance was in 2019 has remained active. The group claims responsibility for attacks carried out by the factions. It has claimed responsibility for IED attacks on US convoys since March 2020, and at least one missile attack on the [[Embassy of the United States, Baghdad|US Embassy]] on 17 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |title=تنظيم اصحاب الكهف يهدد من يتعامل مع القوات الامريكية في العراق |language=ar-AR |work=صحيفة العراق الالكترونية |url=https://iraqnewspaper.net/ar/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87%D9%81-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82/ |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=أصحاب الكهف تتبنى هجومًا على رتل عسكري في مكيشيفة |url=https://almadapaper.net//view.php?cat=228494 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=almadapaper.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2020 |title=”أصحاب الكهف” تتبنى عملية تفجير قاعدة أميركية على الحدود العراقية الكويتية |url=https://www.al-abdal.net/17819/أصحاب-الكهف-تفجير-قاعدة-أميركية/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=الأبدال |language=ar}}</ref> |
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== Links to Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq == |
== Links to Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq == |
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| Cave Companions | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 2019–present |
| Country | Iraq |
| Size | 500–1000 |
| Part of |  Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq |
| Opponents |  United States Turkey Saudi Arabia |
Cave Companions or Ashab al-Kahf is the most-used front group for Iran-backed militias concealing involvement in military operations.[1][2]
Its first appearance was in 2019, and it has remained active. The group claims responsibility for attacks carried out by the factions. It has claimed responsibility for IED attacks on US convoys since March 2020, and at least one missile attack on the US Embassy on 17 November 2020.[3][4][5]
Links to Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq
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The majority of evidence shows that “Cave Companions” is affiliated with Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq.[6] The fact that the attacks claimed by the “Cave Companions” are carried out near the areas under the control of “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq“.[7][8]
The group was named after the story of the Seven Sleepers In Arabic it is called “Cave Companions”, The name was also derived from the fact that the group attacks targets and Then hides, And the cave is the meaning of its safe places.[9]
Several local media outlets accused Cave Companions of being involved in the assassination of civil activists and Critics of Iranian influence in Iraq during the 2019–2021 Iraqi protests.[10][11]
- On 25 December 2020, the “Cave Companions” group joined the fierce media campaign to release a member of “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq“, and issued statements confirming its willingness to take to the street if the leadership of “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq” ordered to do so.[12]
- In December 2020 and early January 2021, accounts linked to the group on social media published veiled criticism of the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia’s strategy. This rift appeared to have ended on 6 January. while, “Cave Companions” changed its slogan to an image closer in style to other “resistance” groups.[13]
- On 15 February 2021, “Cave Companions” claimed responsibility for missile attacks on Turkish forces in northern Iraq.[14]
