Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba

12th Brigade
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
12th Brigade; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Arabic: حركة حزب الله النجباء
Leaders	Akram al-Kaabi
Spokesperson	Nasr al-Shammari
Dates of operation	2013–present
Allegiance	Iran (IRGC); Iraq (2014–present)
Group(s)	See section
Active regions	Iraq; Gaza Strip (charity work); Syrian Civil War; Aleppo; East Ghouta, Damascus; Latakia; Al-Ghab Plain, Hama
Ideology	Shia Islamism; Vilayat-e Faqih; Khomeinism; Anti-West ; Anti-Zionism; Anti-Americanism;
Size	8,000-10,000 (2017)
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces; Islamic Resistance in Iraq; 4th Armoured Division (in Syria)
Allies	State allies Syria NDF; ; Iran; Russia; North Korea; Non-state allies Kata'ib Hezbollah; Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas; Hezbollah; Asaib Ahl al-Haq; Liwa Dhulfiqar; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Baqir Brigade; Houthis (alleged, denied); Faylaq al Waad al Sadiq;
Opponents	State opponents Multi-National Force – Iraq; United States; Turkey; Israel; Non-state opponents Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ; Free Syrian Army Mountain Hawks Brigade; ; Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham; ; Al-Nusra Front ; Ajnad al-Sham ; Tahrir al-Sham ; Peshmerga ; Army of Conquest ; Syrian Democratic Forces ;
Battles and wars	Iraqi insurgency (2003–11) (as Asaib Ahl al-Haq); War in Iraq (2014–2017) Second Battle of Tikrit; Syrian Civil War Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa ; Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) ; Latakia offensive (2015–2016) ; Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) ; Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) ; 2017 Abu Kamal offensive ; Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) ; Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
Designated as a terrorist group by	United States
Website	Official website

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Nujaba Movement or HHN; Arabic: حركة حزب الله النجباء, romanized: Ḥaraka Ḥizballāh an-Nujabā’, lit. 'Movement of the Party of God's Nobles'), officially the 12th Brigade, is a radical Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group that is especially active in Syria and Iraq. It was established in 2013 by Akram al-Kaabi to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria against Islamist rebels. The group is supported by the IRGC's Quds Force, which provides the funding, weapons, and training of its members.

The militia is also supported by the Lebanese Hezbollah and acts as part of the Axis of Resistance. It is a part of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a group of Shi’ite militias that are close to Iran, until 2020 when it joined the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The Nujaba Movement adopts the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and regards Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as its supreme leader. A January 2024 report in The Hill indicates that it is still part of the PMF. The group seeks to establish an Iran-aligned government in Iraq, expel U.S. and allied forces from the country, and advance Iranian interests throughout the Middle East.

HHN militia fighters in Iraq are deployed mainly in southern Iraq and in the provinces of Baghdad, Salah ad Din, Diyala, and Nineveh. The militia fighters in Syria are deployed mainly in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa, where they have established positions, headquarters, training camps, and recruitment offices to recruit Syrian residents.

HHN has a TV channel named Al-Nujaba TV, which is based in Baghdad, Iraq.

In March 2019, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (and all its aliases and component parts) and its leader Akram al-Kaabi Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). The sanctions prohibits business with the militia and its leader and freezes all property in their possession.

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