Fatah Alliance
Fatah Alliance ائتلاف الفتح | |
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Leader | Hadi Al-Amiri |
Founded | 2018 |
Split from | State of Law Coalition |
Ideology | Shia Islamism Pro-Iran[1][2][3] Anti-secularism Anti-corruption[4] Factions: Anti-Americanism Anti-anarchism Anti-LGBT Anti-Zionism Vilayat-e Faqih Sistanism Khomeinism Islamic democracy Pan-Islamism |
Political position | Big tent Factions: Right-wing to far-right |
Religion | Shia Islam |
National affiliation | Building Alliance[5] |
International affiliation | Axis of Resistance |
Colors | Dark green Marigold |
Council of Representatives | 29 / 329 |
Seats in the Governorate Councils | 0 / 440 |
Governors | 0 / 18 |
Election symbol | |
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The Fatah Alliance (Arabic: ائتلاف الفتح, romanized: iʾtilāf al-fatḥ), also sometimes translated as the Conquest Alliance, is a political coalition in Iraq formed to contest the 2018 general election. The main components are groups involved in the Popular Mobilization Forces which is mainly a state-sponsored umbrella organization made up of Iraqi Shiite Muslims who fought from 2014 to 2017 alongside the Iraqi Army to defeat ISIL. It is led by Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization.[6][7][8][9]
Members
[edit]The Fatah Alliance included the Badr Organisation, the Al-Sadiqoun Bloc (the political wing of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, AAH), Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, all key components of the Hashd. The Fatah Alliance agreed to run jointly with al-Abadi's Nasr al-Iraq (Victory of Iraq) list, but the agreement fell apart after only 24 hours, reportedly over Abadi's conditions.[10][11] The Badr Organisation, headed by Hadi Al-Amiri, was previously part of the ruling State of Law Coalition and announced their withdrawal from the Alliance in December 2017,[12][6] and won 22 seats.
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq split from the Sadrist Movement in 2004.[13] It has also been one of the main Iraqi armed groups active in the Syrian Civil War.[14][15] They have received funding and training from Iran's Quds Force[16][17] and, like many Sadrists, are reported to have religious allegiance to the Iranian Grand Ayatollah Kazem al-Haeri.[18] AAH formed a political wing, called the Al-Sadiqoun Bloc, to contest the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election, winning one seat.
Electoral results
[edit]Iraqi Parliament
[edit]They were expected to win 37 seats in the parliament in 2018 elections, according to one opinion poll.[19]
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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2018 | 1,366,789 | 13.16% | 48 / 329
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New | 2nd | |
2021 | 462,800 | 5.23% | 17 / 329
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Iran-backed Fateh Alliance seeks to win or play kingmaker in upcoming Iraqi elections". Middle East Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Fatah coalition victory means declaring a federation with Iran, writer". The Baghdad Post. 1 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Domain Seizure". aletejahtv.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Maliki-Amiri alliance claims to have biggest parliamentary bloc". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Hashd al-Shaabi to the elections: "Alliance of the Mujahideen" ... headed by Amiri?". Al-Akhbar. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Hashd commander from Badr Organization to form new alliance for Iraqi election". Rudaw. 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Alliances Announced For Iraq's 2018 Elections". musingsoniraq.blogspot.co.uk. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Abadi seeks alliance with Popular Mobilization Units based on his terms". Arab News. 13 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Arab, The New. "Iraqi militias and PM Abadi to contest general election separately". alaraby. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "IRAQI PM SIGNS ELECTORAL PACT WITH SHIA-LED COALITION FOR MAY ELECTIONS". nrttv. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Hashd commander from Badr Organization to form new alliance for Iraqi election". Rudaw. 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ ""The Insurgency," Operation New Dawn, Official Website of the United States Force-Iraq". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Omar al-Jaffal (29 October 2013). "Iraqi Shiites join Syria war". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Iraqi Shi'ites flock to Assad's side as sectarian split widens". Reuters. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Cassman, Daniel. "Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq - Mapping Militant Organizations". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Controlled by Iran, the deadly militia recruiting Iraq's men to die in Syria Archived 15 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 12 March 2014
- ^ "Religious Allegiances among Pro-Iranian Special Groups in Iraq". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Munqith Dagher; Anthony H. Cordesman (28 March 2018), "Iraqi Public Opinion on the 2018: Parliamentary Elections" (PDF), Center for Strategic and International Studies, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2018, retrieved 17 May 2018