Iraqi paramilitary fighters kill 4 Islamic State terrorists in Salahuddin
Popular Mobilization Forces
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) – An Iraqi paramilitary group has said that its fighters killed four members of the Islamic State militant group in Salahuddin province.
“A force of the 6th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces managed to kill four Islamic State militants during a security operation in the Makhoul mountains, northeast of Salahuddin province,” the media center of the Popular Mobilization Forces said in a press statement Sunday.
According to the statement, a manhunt was launched for other IS militants in the area.
Popular Mobilization Forces, an alliance of volunteer Shia paramilitary forces, have actively backed the Iraqi government’s military campaign against IS since 2014, when they were formed upon a top Shia clergy edict to counter the Sunni Jihadist group.
PMF won official recognition as a national force late 2016, becoming under the command of the prime minister, who is also the supreme commander of the armed forces.