Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam (Arabic: كتائب روح الله عيسى بن مريم; lit.
The Battalion of the Spirit of God Jesus Son of Mary) is an Assyrian militia and subgroup of the Imam Ali Brigades, an Iraqi Shiite paramilitary group.
Kataib Rouh was formed in December 2014 as a Christian subgroup of the Imam Ali Brigades, itself the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq.
[3] Kataib al-Imam Ali entered the war against ISIL in June 2014 as a predominantly Shiite militia backed by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
[5] Amidst other Assyrian militias that took part in the War in Iraq (2013-17), the number of active fighters in Kataib Rouh Allah was likely much smaller.