Iraqi Shiite militia Archives

03 Jul

Yemen’s Houthis, Iraqi Shiite militia launch joint attack on Israel’s Haifa

Sanaa, July 3 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi group said that they, along with the Iraqi Shiite militia, launched cruise missiles at "a vital target" in the Israeli city of Haifa. "The joint military operation targeting a vital target in Haifa with several cruise missiles. The operation achieved its goals successfully," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Tuesday. He vowed to launch more attacks against Israel until the war in the Gaza Strip stops, reports Xinhua news agency. Since November last year, the Houthi group has been conducting drone and missile attacks…

26 Feb

Iraqi Shiite militia says current calm with US forces ‘temporary tactic’

Baghdad, Feb 26, The leader of an Iraqi armed Shiite militia has said that the current period of calm among Iraqi armed groups in their conflict with US forces is a "temporary tactic", stressing that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq did not abandon its support for the Palestinians. Akram al-Kaabi, secretary general of the Iranian-backed al-Nujaba Movement, said in a statement on Sunday that the current calm is only a tactic for repositioning and deployment, stressing, "It is only the calm before the storm". He said that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq "is an essential part in the battle to…

27 Dec

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on US base in Syria

Baghdad, Dec 27, An Iraqi Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket barrage on a US military base in Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah. The militia, named Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed in an online statement on Tuesday that its fighters fired rockets on the al-Shaddadi military base and hit their targets, without giving further details, Xinhua news agency reported. The attack by the Iraqi armed group is part of a series of retaliatory measures against the US forces amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, the group's statement added. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a…