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The United States designated on Tuesday the Iranian-backed and Bahrain-based Saraya Al-Mukhtar or Mukhtar Brigades as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran and of having plotted attacks against US personnel in the Gulf state.
WASHINGTON The United States designated on Tuesday the Iranian-backed and Bahrain-based Saraya Al-Mukhtar or Mukhtar Brigades as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran and of having plotted attacks against US personnel in the Gulf state.
In a statement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the group is “reportedly receiving financial and logistic support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
“addiction to sanctions.” Bahrain is also yet to comment on the designation.
Saraya al-Mukhtar is a Shi’ite Muslim group which has claimed multiple attacks on Bahraini security services since its inception in 2013, some of which have reportedly involved IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
In 2017 the group, also known as the Mukhtar Brigades, said it was behind the hacking of the then-Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa’s Twitter account, to which it uploaded anti-government images and videos.
A 2018 report by the Washington-based Congressional Research Service stated that Saraya al-Mukhtar is an offshoot of the Bahraini militant group, al-Ashtar Brigades.