Iraqi MP: U.S., Turkey Plotting to Dissolve Hashd Al-Shaabi

Date: 16 June 2019 - 21:31

News ID: ۶۷۰۳۵

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - A senior member of the Iraqi parliament revealed the U.S. and Turkey's plots and attempts to dissolve Hashd al-Shaabi with pressures on Iraq's government after the popular forces regained control over Iraq's borders with Syria.
The Arabic-language al-Ma'aloumeh news website quoted Odai Awad as saying that the U.S. is pressuring Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to force him act against Hashd al-Shaabi, adding that Turkey is also pursuing dissolution of Hashd al-Shaabi.
He referred to the U.S. embassy's contacts with the terrorist group of Daesh commanders, and said certain regions in Iraq are showing allegiance to the Daesh again in a way that a number of Iraqi security commanders have compared the situation to the situation in 2014.
Awad said that the U.S. pressures started after Hashd al-Shaabi forces retook control over the Iraqi-Syrian borders, adding that at present, some measures are being adopted against Hashd al-Shaabi on the political and international scene in a bid to disturb the public opinion in freed areas.
Iraqi security sources disclosed in 2016 that Washington was exerting pressure on the Baghdad government to end Hashd al-Shaabi's partnership in war against Daesh and dissolve the militia army that has the lion share in the war on terrorism in the country.