by Munaf al Obeidi | Jun 29, 2016 | Middle East
The Iraqi government continues to ignore warnings made by the international community and human rights groups about the involvement of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi militia in the battle to liberate Fallujah from ISIS. Warnings about extremist groups exploiting the battle for...
by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 22, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
An official Kurdish source said yesterday that Tehran is putting pressure on the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi to involve Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi militias in the operation to liberate Mosul and pointed out that Tehran aims to enforce its hegemony on Mosul through...
by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 2, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Leaders of armed Shiite factions in Iraq, most of which are part of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi , fear the extension of covert operations which were meticulously carried out by American special forces in recent weeks against ISIS in northern Iraq. According to senior Iraqi...
by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 21, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East
Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Qataris who went missing in southern Iraq last week were kidnapped by armed fighters associated with the Abu al-Fadl Al-Abbas Brigade, a faction of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, and that the real number of people abducted at the...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 9, 2015 | Opinion
He who believes that the sudden outburst of the Iraqi government, a first of its kind since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, is against the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil is wrong. The Turkish force comprises of 150 soldiers only, and is located in the...
