Militia Spotlight Relaunches as an Independent Intelligence Platform
After five years at The Washington Institute, Militia Spotlight continues its open-source monitoring mission on an independent platform — same standards, same focus, new home.
Militia Spotlight uses open-source monitoring to understand the objectives, structure, and activity of Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria; to expose their information operations and disinformation campaigns; to identify linkages between groups and with Iran; and to deny these groups the anonymity and deniability they rely on.
What Changes, What Doesn't
Our methodology and editorial standards remain unchanged. All analysis published through 2025 remains permanently available in the archive at The Washington Institute.
New analysis will be published here on a rolling basis.