Salah al-Din Brigade (Iraq)

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Salah al-Din Brigade, also known as the 51st Brigade, is a Sunni unit within Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). It fights ISIS and operates alongside Shiite groups, with support from Iran. The brigade was formed to fight ISIS and played a role in the Mosul battle (2016–17).

The group began in 2014 after Yazan Al-Jubouri was asked by Baghdad to meet with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and was given permission by the PMF to form the first Sunni faction within Shiite-aligned forces. It is led by Asham Al-Jubouri and was founded by Yazan Al-Jubouri. The brigade has about 3,000 fighters and remains active from 2014 to the present in Iraq.