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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Quds Force Founded 1988 ; 37 years ago (1988) as an independent force Country Iran Type Special operations force Role Extraterritorial operations, Unconventional warfare, Military Intelligence, Black operations Size 5,000 Part of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Engagements Iran–Iraq War Soviet ...
Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war; Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present) Western Iran clashes (2016–present) Iranian intervention in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war; April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel; October 2024 Iranian strikes against ...
This is a list of special forces units in Iranian Armed Forces and police. The name can refer to members of regular units who have successfully completed Commando or Ranger training courses and marines trained as Frogman , or the hand-selected and highly trained members serving in special forces .
From 2003, there have been repeated US and British allegations that Iranian forces have been covertly involved in the Iraq War. In 2004, Iranian armed forces took Royal Navy personnel prisoner, on the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand Rud in Persian) river, between Iran and Iraq. They were released three days later following diplomatic discussions between ...
In November 2005, after training in Jordan with Jordanian Special Forces and U.S. Army Special Forces ("Green Berets"), the Iraqi Special Operations Force had 1,440 men trained, composed of two combat battalions, considered equal in training and combat effectiveness to an average U.S. Army infantry battalion, and two support battalions. [12]
Several sources, among them Reuters, believe that since mid-June 2014, Iranian combat troops are in Iraq, which Iran denies. The Iraqi Shia militias Kata'ib Hezbollah ("Hezbollah Brigades") and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq ("League of the Righteous"), funded and trained by Iran, fought alongside the Iraqi Army and Peshmerga in retaking territory from ISIL.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Tower 22 drone attack Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Location Rukban, Jordan 33°18′51″N 38°42′12″E / 33.31417°N 38.70333°E / 33.31417; 38.70333 Target Tower 22 U.S. military base ...
The Iraqi special forces primarily conduct anti-guerrilla operations in Iraq as part of the Iraq War and are part of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau. Operation Gallant Phoenix (OGP) is an intelligence fusion centre established in 2013 near Amman, Jordan.