Hashd Shaabi

4 paramilitary fighters killed in IS attack in central Iraq

TIKRIT - Muslimchronicle

Four paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and six others injured Sunday in an overnight attack by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, provincial security source said. The attack occurred began with mortar barrage on Hashd Shaabi base near the town of Dour in east of the provincial capital Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, theRead more

Iraq declares liberation of all Iraqi lands from IS group

BAGHDAD - Muslimchronicle

Iraq declared Saturday the liberation of all Iraqi lands from Islamic State (IS) militants after seizing the whole border areas and desert in western Iraq, the Iraqi military said. "The liberation of all Iraqi lands from the IS has been completed and our heroic forces have tightened their grab on the Iraqi-Syrian border," Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah, commanderRead more

5 killed in 2 suicide bomb attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Muslimchronicle

At least five people were killed and 15 others wounded Sunday in two suicide bomb attacks targeting a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi base in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a local police source said. The attacks occurred in the afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt at the entrance of the headquarters of a Hashd Shaabi group, known asRead more

Dozens of Daesh militants killed in bombardment

Mosul - ArabToday

Dozens of militants of Islamic State (IS) group were killed on Saturday in artillery shelling and airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition on IS positions in the western side of the city of Mosul, while paramilitary units of Hashd Shaabi repelled IS attack in west of the city, a security source and a statement said. The international artillery and aircraft bombarded ISRead more

Kurdish forces, Shiite fighters clash in disputed area in Iraq's Salahudin

Tikrit, Iraq - Arab Today

Heavy clashes erupted between Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shiite fighters in an ethnically-mixed town in the northern central province of Salahudin, killing five and wounding eight others, a provincial security source and an official said Sunday. The clashes broke out late on Saturday night and continued in the morning when Shiite Turkoman militants linked to the paramilitary units, known asRead more