Babylon Movement
Babylon Movement ܙܘܥܐ ܕܒܒܠ حركة بابليون بزووتنەوەی بابل | |
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| Leader | Rayan al-Kildani |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Military wing | Babylon Brigade |
| Religion | Syriac Christianity (official) |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq | 2 / 329 (0.6%) |
| Kurdistan Region Parliament | 1 / 100 (1%) |
| Babylon Brigade | |
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| كتائب بابليون | |
 Flag used by Babylon Brigade | |
Leader | Rayan al-Kildani |
| Allegiance |  Iraq |
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| Size | 1,000+ |
| Part of | Popular Mobilization Forces |
| Wars | War in Iraq (2013–2017) |
The Babylon Movement (Arabic: حركة بابليون, Syriac: ܙܘܥܐ ܕܒܒܠ) is a political party in Iraq founded in 2014. The party's armed wing is the Babylon Brigades, a militia that was formed as part of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces. Rayan al-Kildani currently leads the party since founding it in 2014.
The party, through its incorporation into the Popular Mobilization Forces, has close ties to the Badr Organization and IRGC. Since the defeat of ISIS, the Babylon Movement has been accused of a multitude of human rights abuses, including illegal land seizures in the Nineveh Governorate and election corruption. While the party claims to represent the interests of Iraqi Christians, primarily the Assyrian people, a majority of the party's voters and members are Shia Muslim, since a ruling in 2009 designated that any Iraqi could vote for designated minority seats.