Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi Forces Take Daesh Villages near Syria
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, pushed Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists out of several villages on the border with Syria on Monday.
The territory taken by the Popular Mobilization force on Monday is located north of the Daesh-held town of Baaj, Reuters reported.
The territory is also connected with land held by Syrian Kurdish groups on the Syrian side.
In a statement on its website, Popular Mobilization described its advance to the border with Syria as "a Ramadan miracle", referring to the Muslim fasting month which started over the weekend.
Popular Mobilization is taking part in an Iraqi campaign to defeat Daesh in the city of Mosul and the surrounding province of Nineveh.
Iraqi government armed forces are focusing their effort on dislodging insurgents from the city of Mosul.
Eight months into the Mosul campaign, Daesh terrorists have been dislodged from all of the city except an enclave by the western bank of the Tigris river.
Iraq's army on Saturday launched a new offensive to take the militants' enclave, which includes the densely populated Old City.