Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd Shaabi) announced Thursday launching a military campaign aimed at cleansing the border with Syria from the terrorists. Hashd Shaabi’s commander in Anbar said that the military units will move into the border area from three directions, highlighting readiness to confront any danger coming from the ...
Iraqi Premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said Tuesday the ISIL group had been militarily weakened but not defeated as the recent deadly Sri Lanka bombings had shown. An ISIL propaganda video released Monday with a purported appearance by the jihadist group’s elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi showed him in what appeared ...