Activists, from the London-based the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, indicated mysterious situation of some people from al-Herya and al-Suwai’eya villages, located on borders, since they were detained by al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in November 2017.
Combat operations, according to the activists, were carried out there, as PMFs advanced toward Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
locations in Iraq, which resulted in recapturing the two villages, located on the border strip from the Syrian side. At that time, the Syrian army was advancing in Syria.
In April, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi denied intentions to intervene within Syrian affairs, saying
s against Islamic State will continue.Iraq had previously announced launching airstrikes against IS locations in Syria. This came after Abadi said security troops will follow Islamic State bully boyz in the whole region, not only in Iraq.
The Iraqi-Syrian borders are under the control of joint troops of military and border guards.