Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A newly-approved law legalizing the status of volunteer, Shia-led forces fighting the Islamic State will also benefit similar Sunni militias, an Iraqi parliamentarian said as the
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militias said Monday they they recaptured two villages near the strategic town of Tal Afar as operations continue to free it from Islamic State
Supporters of al-Hashd al-Shaabi forces in the province of Basra celebrated late Sunday an Iraqi parliament’s vote a day earlier which incorporated the volunteer militia, formed upon a
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) US forces have now joined Iraqi troops and voluntary militias in eastern Mosul in their offensives to retake the city from Islamic State militants, a military
Baghdad (Reuters) Iraq’s sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi’ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants are preventing civilians in Anbar from leaving the province to use them as future human shields against assaults by government and popular militias,
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A Christian brigade, a part of volunteer-based, mainly-Shia al-Hashd al-Shaabi militias, hailed the Iraqi parliament’s vote on Saturday which legalized the existence of the militia
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army jets have killed 32 Islamic State militants west of Mosul, military intelligence said Sunday as government forces and volunteer militias continue to close in on
Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi forces managed to liberate two villages in Tel Afar district, west of the province, and raised the Iraqi flag over the buildings, after killing
Baghdad – (IraqiNews.com) Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi praised passaging a law to merge the volunteer al-Hashd al-Shaabi militias with the Iraqi army, and emphasized that according to this law,
