Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces denies sending soldiers to Syria

NAMPA / Xinhua

2024-12-02

BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of Iraq's Hashd Shaabi Forces, denied Monday that his paramilitary group operates outside Iraq, dismissing reports of deploying fighters to Syria. Speaking on state-owned al-Iraqiya channel, al-Fayyadh insisted that the Hashd Shaabi forces -- also known as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) -- are an official Iraqi force under the command of the country's military leadership. "The Hashd Sha......

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