Baghdad: government orders the mobilisations forces be merged with army

Shi'ite militias

Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Units) enter the village of Abu Shuwayhah, south of Mosul. Source: Getty Images

Iraq's Prime Minister Adil Abdel Hadi ordered that the mobilizations forces should be merged with the army.


The new army formations must give up any previous political affiliation.

More is in this report by the SBS Arabic24's Baghdad correspondent Ashraf Alazzawi.


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