Popular Mobilization Forces

Human Rights Watch accuses Yazidis of executing civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The US-based rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier in June. It said in a report on Wednesday that it has information from relatives of the victims that on June 4 Yazidi forces detained and then executed men, women and children from eightRead more

Calls for arming PMF under Iraqi government control

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Friday called for maintaining the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as he stressed that all weapons should be brought under the control of the Iraqi government. Some assumptions that Sistani might abort the jihad fatwa surfaced, one week after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over ISIS. Yet, the former affirmed during Friday’s sermon that the threats jeopardizing Iraq demand maintainingRead more

Over 25 persons killed in booby-trapped houses, west of Anbar

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Over twenty five persons were killed as booby-trapped houses exploded in western Anbar, an official said on Friday. “We called on authorities in question in the federal government and Anbar to dispatch team from a specialized company to remove the landmines,” Hussein Ali, mayor of Rawa town, told Baghdad Today. “The amount of explosives planted in the town is veryRead more

Syrian regime forces kill nine civilians in Damascus Ghouta

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Number of people who joined yesterday to the convoy of the Martyrs of the Syrian Revolution has increased as nine civilians were killed during attack from the regime forces. In Daraa province, a fighter of a rebel faction was killed after being shot by unknown gunmen yesterday in Al-Yadudah town in the western countryside of Daraa. While the Syrian ObservatoryRead more

Iraqi troops control 20 villages in Kirkuk’s Hawija

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

A civilian was killed, while four others were wounded as two bomb blasts took place in south and east of Baghdad, a security source was quoted saying on Friday. “Four citizens were wounded as an IED, planted near a market in Sayyid Abdullah region in al-Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, exploded,” the source told Baghdad Today. Moreover, “A lawyer was killedRead more

Iraqi PMF field thousands of soldiers in Tal Affar

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces will field 20.000 fighters for the anticipated offensive to retake the town of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last bastion i Nineveh province, a spokesperson said. PMF spokesman Ahmed al-Assadi said Friday that 20.000 fighters will take part in the imminent battle, saying that the recapture of the enclave “will not take more than weeks”. TalRead more

Al Abyad: Sadr aims to form coalition

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Political expert Ahmed Al Abyad revealed that the visit conducted by Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Al Sadr comes to gain political support for achieving his objective to form a new coalition in the Shiite trend in Iraq. He added that Sadr extremely criticized the Iranian role in Iraq, saying that he refuses the Iranian role inside his country. He added,Read more

4 Daesh gunmen killed during infiltration attempt in Salaheldin governorate

Baghdad - Arab Today

The Popular Mobilization Forces killed four Daesh gunmen while trying to sneak into Baiji in Salaheldin governorate, an Iraqi source said on Monday. The militants were trying to target military units stationed in the province, the source added. Meanwhile, ten elements of the borders guards and Anbar police were killed on Sunday while 20 others injured in a Daesh attackRead more

Iraqi forces prevent new suicide attacks against Tikrit

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

War media cell revealed that Popular Mobilization Forces managed to counter ISIS attacks against the Iraqi city of Tikrit. Meanwhile the Iraqi forces revealed that it currently controls over 90 percent of Mousl’s territories in the framework of the current operations to liberate the Iraqi city from the grip of extremist group. According to a statement, the forces managed toRead more

Organization reveals the killing of thousand citizens in Mousl

Baghdad - Najlaa Al Taee

Iraqi air forces launched raids against the strongholds of ISIS extremist group in the framework of the current operations to liberate the Iraqi city from the extremists, saying that they managed to kill three leaders of the extremist group. The Popular Mobilization Forces revealed that Telaffar is considered one of the major strongholds of the extremist group, saying that theRead more