Field powers are real political might: IRGC commander
The real political powers are those such as Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) who are powerful at the fields, an Iranian top…
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Shamkhani: Eviction of foreign forces from Iraq to boost regional stability
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani called for efforts to expedite the implementation of the Iraqi parliament’s resolution on…
Iranian president lauds PMU for protecting Iraq
– Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hailed the Hashd al-Sha’abi forces (aka Popular Mobilization Units) as a major backing for the development of…
Two explosions reported at military base in Baghdad
MNA – According to reports two explosions have hit Al-Saqr military base in Baghdad on Sunday night. The base is hosting Hashd…
Zarif meets Hashd al-Shaabi’s Fayyadh in Baghdad
MNA – Iranian FM Zarif met and held talks with Falih Fayyadh, the chairman of Hashd al-Shaabi, in Baghdad on Sunday. The…
Attack on Iraq’s resistance HQ, failed plan for dismantling ‘Hashd al-Sha’abi’
MNA – The recent attack on Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi [Popular Mobilization Unit, PMU] Headquarters was aimed at conducting preparatory operations to assess…
ISIS attack near Iran’s border foiled by Hashd al-Sha’abi forces
MNA – Hashd al-Sha’abi forces foiled ISIS attack on the strategic region of “Naft Khaneh” in the eastern province of Diyala near…
Iranian envoy: Daesh no longer a serious threat in Iraq
Iranian Diplomacy | Sadeq Dehqan & Farzam Vanaki: Daesh is no longer considered a serious threat in Iraq, said the Iranian ambassador…
Iran strongly condemns ISIL’s terrorist attack against PMU
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned the criminal and cowardly actions of the ISIL terrorist group that resulted…
Baghdad angered by US strikes against Iran-backed group in Iraq
The Wall Street Journal | Gordon Lubold, Nancy A. Youssef and Isabel Coles: Iraqi officials reacted angrily on Friday to American airstrikes…
US wages airstrikes against multiple Hashd Sha’abi positions across Iraq
Press TV – The United States has carried out a string of airstrikes against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units…
Iraq’s top Shia cleric urges end of bloodshed, warns of civil war
Press TV – Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged the end of bloodshed in the Arab country, warning of a…
Iraqi commander: US anti-Iran pressure sign of idiocy
Press TV – An Iraqi commander says the United States’ increased pressure and threats aimed at Iran indicate Washington’s “new idiocy” and…
Pervasive Islamic resistance product of Islamic Revolution’s message: Cleric
IRNA – The Islamic Revolution of Iran, contrary to what the enemies promoted, did not export or impose itself, but it was…
Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi warns Israel against possible attacks, pledges strong response
Press TV – Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi has warned Israel against “playing with fire” after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that…
Iraqi popular commander: US syria pullout “old trick” to run regional crises
FNA – Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the forces commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Shaabi, warned that the US…
Envoy: Iran’s friendship with Iraq not limited to Shias
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad emphasized that Iran’s friendship with Iraq is not limited to Shias, and limiting the support of…
Iraq deploys Hashd popular forces to Syria border amid Arba’een pilgrimage
FNA – Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi paramilitary forces have amassed on the country’s border with Syria after a massive ISIL’s attack on the…
Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi: US Consulate behind Basra chaos
Tasnim – A senior member of Hashd al-Shaabi, one of the country’s official branches of armed forces, pointed the finger at the…
Spokesman dismisses rumors on Iran’s missiles sent to Iraq
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Saturday categorically dismissed rumors on shipment of Iran-made missiles to Iraq and called the…
Iraqi official rejects Reuters’ report on Iranian missiles
FNA – A senior Iraqi official said that the Reuters’ claims that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Iraq are imprecise as…
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces will punish those behind attack on its fighters: Nasrallah
Press TV – The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the Iraqi voluntary and pro-government Popular Mobilization Units would…
Exit from Iran Deal reveals US ugly face: Iraqi official
IRNA – The US unilateral and illegitimate exit from the July 2015 nuclear deal disclosed the ugly face of the country, a…
Iran’s defense minister, Hashd al-Sha’abi official meet in Baghdad
IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami and Vice-Chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi) Abu Mehdi al-Mohandas…
Hashd al-Sha’abi formally inducted into Iraq security system
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular…
Hashd al-Sha’abi calls for withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi territory
Press TV – A senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has said now that Daesh has been defeated in the…
Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces deployed to Syrian border to back army: Commander
Press TV – A top commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the paramilitary group has deployed…
Hashd al-Sha’abi necessity for Iraq security: Iran envoy
Press TV- The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad has defended the role of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, in fighting…
Volunteer forces must be under Iraqi government control: Ayatollah Sistani
Press TV – Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani says the volunteer forces, who helped the army eradicate Daesh terrorists from…
Iraqi commander rejects calls to disband popular forces
Press TV – An Iraqi commander has rejected calls for the disbanding of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known by their Arabic name as…
US forces must leave Iraq after Daesh defeat: Senior Commander
Press TV – A senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says American military forces must leave his country’s…
Iraqi forces flush out Daesh terrorists from desert hideouts in major offensive
Press TV- Iraqi army soldiers, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have liberated dozens of villages across the country…
Hashd al-Sha’abi continue to defend Iraq: PMU commander
Press TV – A high-ranking member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has brushed off calls by the US to lay down…
Why US wants Iraq’s Popular Mobilization forces disband?
Alwaght – What is now formally identified as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or locally Hashd al-Shaabi, in Iraq is a force founded…
Hashd al-Sha’abi commander calls for US forces withdrawal from Iraq
Press TV – A top commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi) has called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops…
Iraqi PM slams Tillerson’s remarks on Hashd al-Sha’abi
Press TV- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office has criticized meddlesome comments made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the…
Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces retake 18 villages near Hawijah
Press TV – Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have regained control over more than a dozen villages near town of Hawijah…
Hashd Sha’abi to actively participate in Tal Afar liberation op: Official
Press TV – A high-ranking official of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) says the pro-government fighters will actively participate alongside security…
US, Turkey, KRG against Hashd Sha’abi inclusion in Tal Afar battle: Cmdr.
Press TV – A high-ranking commander of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has described the United States and Turkey as the major…
US accountable for fatal raid on Hashd al-Sha’abi forces: Senior commander
Press TV – A commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has held the US-led coalition accountable for a recent deadly attack…