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Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a sermon to worshippers during Friday prayers at the Kufa mosque near Najaf, Iraq September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Moqtada Sadr to Dissociate his Military Arm

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- “Iraqi Cleric and Leader of Sadrist Movement Moqtada al-Sadr is expected to announce the dissociation of Saraya al-Salam, the military arm of his bloc, during his speech infront of his followers in Baghdad on Friday,” an official in the Sadrist Movement told...

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Smoke rises from a car bomb that exploded during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Forces Capture Mosul Bridge, Close in on State Buildings

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 7, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul’s five bridges on Monday, giving a boost to their onslaught on ISIS remaining stronghold in the western part of the city. All of Mosul’s five bridges have been destroyed but the capture of the...

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Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fires towards ISIS militants during a battle with Islamic State militants, west of Mosul,Iraq February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Security Forces Storm Mosul Airport

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East

U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the ISIS-held western half of Mosul attacked the city’s main airport and a nearby military base, state television stated. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) troops and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid...

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Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) personnel fire artillery during clashes with ISIS militants south of Mosul October 29, 2016. REUTERS

International Rights Body Accuses PMF of Detaining Mosul Escapees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- Human Rights Watch has accused Iraqi paramilitary militias, the Popular Mobilization Forces, of detaining men fleeing from Mosul. The rights body said that PMF units screen those escaping the conflict for membership of the terror group ISIS. PMF militants,...

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An image of Iranian leaders is projected on a giant screen in front of demonstrators during a rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square, July 22, 2015. (photo credit:REUTERS)

U.S. Congress Considers Labeling IRGC a Terrorist Group

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Jan 14, 2017 | World

Washington- U.S. Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Jim Inhofe are pushing for a bill that compels the Department of State to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, informed U.S. sources said. A source who preferred to remain...