Moqtada al-Sadr calls on brigades to join fight to retake Mosul
NRT
March 9, 2015
NRT
March 9, 2015
SULAIMANIYAH –
Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered an end to the freeze on the
Saraya al-Salam brigade’s armed activities on Sunday, telling fighters
to prepare to join the fight to regain control of Iraq’s second-largest
city of Mosul, which has been under Islamic State (IS) control since
June 2014.
Sadr announced the Saraya
al-Salam brigade will join the large-scale Mosul operation in
coordination with Iraqi armed forces and the Popular Defense Forces
(al-Hashid al-Shaabi) Shiite milita,
The al-Hashid al-Shaabi milita has been fighting alongside the Iraqi military to retake IS-held areas in Salahaddin province over the last week and took part in the liberation of Diyala province in January.
Sadr had ordered his forces to lay down weapons in February after the assassination of a Sunni cleric and ten of his tribesmen by unidentified militiamen.
The militias, suspended by Sadr, were involved in the battles against (IS) militants in the predominantly Sunni provinces of Salahaddin, Diyala and Anbar.
The al-Hashid al-Shaabi milita has been fighting alongside the Iraqi military to retake IS-held areas in Salahaddin province over the last week and took part in the liberation of Diyala province in January.
Sadr had ordered his forces to lay down weapons in February after the assassination of a Sunni cleric and ten of his tribesmen by unidentified militiamen.
The militias, suspended by Sadr, were involved in the battles against (IS) militants in the predominantly Sunni provinces of Salahaddin, Diyala and Anbar.
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