Liwa Ali al-Akbar

{{short description|Iraqi Shia Militia}}

{{Infobox war faction

| name = Liwa Ali al-Akbar

| native_name = لواء علي الأكبر

| native_name_lang = ar

| war = War in Iraq (2014–2017), Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)

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| active = 2014–present

| ideology = Shia Islamism
Sistanism

| position =

| leaders = Ali al-Hamadani

| allegiance = {{IRQ}}

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| headquarters =

| area = Nineveh Governorate
Saladin Governorate

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| partof = {{Flagicon image|PMF infobox.png}}/17px Popular Mobilization Forces

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| opponents = {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kurdish White Flags (variant).jpg}} White Flags{{Cite web|url=http://www.wr-news.net/arabic/local/6754|title=عاجل ... لواء علي الأكبر يتقدم بأربعة محاور من شمال الطوز للقضاء على الرايات البيضاء - الأخبار|date=July 10, 2018|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710133138/http://www.wr-news.net/arabic/local/6754|archive-date=2018-07-10}}

| battles = Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

• Battle of Hawija

Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)

| website = * {{official website|liwaalialakbar.com}}

}}

Liwa Ali al-Akbar ({{langx|ar|لواء علي الأكبر|Liwāʾ ʿAlī al-Akbar}}, English: Ali al-Akbar Brigade) or as the Popular Mobilization Forces' 11th Brigade is an Iraqi Shiite faction part of the Popular Mobilization Forces and affiliated with the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala. It was formed after the fatwa of al-Jihad al-Kafa’i issued by Sayyid Ali al-Sistani and under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Hussaini Shrine, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai.{{Cite web|url=https://imamhussain.org/news/2351|title=لواءُ عليٍّ الأكبرِ يعلنُ تحريرَ ثلاثةِ مواقعَ مهمّةٍ بقضاءِ بلدٍ فيْ صلاحِ الدّينِ|website=العتبة الحسينية المقدسة}} Abu Tahsin al-Salhi is also from the faction.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alshuhadaa.com/readtxt16173.htm|title=شهيد في الذاكرة : شيخ القناصين ابو تحسين|website=www.alshuhadaa.com}}