Iraqi forces said Thursday they had retaken the center of ISIL Takfiri group’s stronghold of Hawija and were pushing forward in their assault on one of the last ISIL enclaves in the country. Troops, police and paramilitaries “liberated the whole of the center of Hawija and are continuing their advance,” ...
Official representative of Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani hailed sacrifices of Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilization forces known as “Hashd Shaabi”. In a phone call with Hashd Shaabi commander, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai said the Hashd heroes proved their allegiance to Imam Hussein (a.s.) through ...