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By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Airstrikes on Iraqi militia groups in Iraq and Syria were “necessary, appropriate and deliberate,” the White House said on Monday amid backlash from Baghdad. “The targeted strikes were directed at facilities used by Iran-backed militias involved in these ongoing attacks for purposes including weapons storage, command and logistics, and […]

30th Dec 2019

Iraq: US kills 24 members of anti-ISIS security forces

By Aamir Hassani BAGHDAD (AA): Death toll of Sunday attacks by the U.S. on positions belong to Iraqi anti-ISIS Kataib Hezbollah security group in Iraq and Syria border has risen to 24, according to an Iraqi source on Monday. Jawad Kadhim Al-Rabaiwi, senior leader of Hashd al-Shaabi — an umbrella group for various security […]

19th Jun 2018

Iraq: US airstrikes kill 22 Hashd al-Shaabi fighters

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi military force said Monday that 22 of its members had been killed in airstrikes carried out by U.S.-led coalition warplanes near Iraq’s border with Syria. Incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces in late 2016, the Hashd al-Shaabi, who are also known as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) […]

25th Mar 2018

Iraq: Seven killed in attacks across the country

By Zeynep Tufekci BAGHDAD (AA): Seven people were killed in attacks across Iraq including the country’s capital city Baghdad early Sunday. Iraqi information security center affiliated to the Iraqi army said that four civilians of a family were killed in an armed attack against a security point in As Sa’diyah sub-district of Diyala’s central […]

8th Aug 2017

Iraq: US shelling kills dozens of Shia Muslim fighters

BAGHDAD (AA) – Dozens of fighters from a Shia militia were killed by U.S. shelling near Iraq’s border with Syria, the group said Tuesday. In a statement, the Sayed Al-Shuhada Brigade said the U.S. artillery attack would “not go unpunished” and called on the Iraqi government to launch an investigation. A source within the brigade, […]

9th Jun 2016

Iraq: Muslim leader urges Baghdad not to open anti-Daesh fronts

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): A Shia Muslim leader has called on the Iraqi government not open up any new fronts in the battle against Daesh until all members of the terrorist group are expunged from the western city of Fallujah. “I hope that [Prime Minister] and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haidar al-Abadi […]

2nd May 2016

Iraq: Sadrists withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone

By Moayed al-Tarafi, Ali Jawad and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Supporters of firebrand Shia Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew from Baghdad’s Green Zone Sunday after holding a sit-in for two straight days. A protest leader, Ihlas al-Ubeydi, made a statement on behalf of all demonstrators to announce their conditional withdrawal. “A technocrat government must […]

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