The Command Chief, Qassim Musleh, said in a press statement, "Our security forces launched, at dawn today, a large military operation to cleanse the borders, with the cooperation of the 13th, 17th, 18th and 19th brigades of the different directorates of al-Hashd al-Shaabi.
"Our forces will enter the area from three main axes and deploy on the border strip," he added. "Our security forces are ready to deter any danger, in case holy warriors take their routes towards the Iraqi border following the Syrian army offensives," he further explained.
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...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart...released a new video, the Iraqi paramilitary groups known as Hashd al-Shaabi ‐ the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a 100,000-strong group of mostly Shi’ite militias ‐ launched an operation to crush Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
in rural areas near the Syrian border, according to Iran’s Tasnim News.
An operations command in Iraq’s western Anbar province released a statement saying that four units would participate, including armored vehicles as well as engineering and communications forces. Border guards would also assist. al-Manar media, which is linked to Hezbollah, said the operation would clear 230 km. of border. This area was taken from ISIS in 2017 by the PMU but it remained restive ‐ and ISIS members were able to hide out in these desert areas.
Recent reports showed ISIS activity stretching across some areas of Iraq from the Hamreen Mountains and near Makhmur all the way to Syria.