Tag: Hashd al-Shaabi

Baghdad: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned a U.S. airstrike on a post of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi forces near border with Syria. “We condemn the act of targeting forces fighting the Daesh terrorist group in Syria and Iraq,” the ministry said in a statement. "Targeting forces that battle terrorism, regardless of their name, means support for Daesh,” it added. On Monday, the Hashd al-Shaabi said that U.S. warplanes had struck one of its encampments near the Syrian border, leaving 22 of its fighters dead. The group went on to demand a...