Spokesman for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, Ahmed al-Assadi
On August 14, spokesperson for the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unites (PMU) Ahmad al-Assadi announced in a press conference that the PMU will participate in the upcoming operation to liberate Tal Afar area west of Mosul. Al-Assad explained that the decision was taken after a meeting in the joint operations room. However, US wasn’t part of the meeting.
“No red lines against the participation of the PMU in the operations to liberate Tal Afar from ISIS,” al-Assadi said adding that “our forces will actively participate in the operation to liberate Tal Afar from all the axis”.
Al-Assadi also revealed that the Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades, a part of the PMU, was targeted by the US-led collation on August 8 inside the Syrian territory near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
“The incidents which Sayyed al-Shuhada brigades were exposed to, occurred in depth of the Syrian land,” al-Assadi said. “The factions which suffer strikes, have the right to take the suitable measures.”
Moreover, al-Assadi emphasized the importance of some Iraqi factions fight in Syria:
“They have been fighting there for around six years. They play a great role to prevent terrorism reach to Iraq.”, He added: “the Syrian regime would have fallen to those terrorists”.
Al-Assadi said that the operation to liberate Tal Afar will be launched soon ,and the Iraqi Air Force will be a main part of the operation.
Turkey is the cause i think.
The Kurds more like it in particular the Barzani-Zebari faction have more to gain and have always opposed the PMU , they had did everything to destroy Iraq by having the Army and police do nothing when Daesh their brothers raised their ugly heads.
cheers to the brave PMU! Great they join in. Hope they will help SAA and allies too to liberate DeZ as well
The PMU already participate in the South eastern desert of Syria and Iraq and were the ones that came under Rocket fire and the ISIS attack why the US has been so mum on the attack, which happened in Syrian territory.