Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades Official Hails Tehran’s Support for Baghdad


Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades Official Hails Tehran’s Support for Baghdad

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior official with Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades praised Iran for supporting the Iraqi people and hailed its major role in recent advances of the Arab nation against foreign-backed militants, including Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) Takfiri terrorists.

Since the occupation of the Iraqi northern city of Mosul and Salahuddin Province by the Daesh terrorist group, Iran has provided military support for the Iraqi government, Sheikh Abu Talib al-Saeedi told the Tasnim News Agency.

If it had not been for the Islamic Republic’s backing for Iraq, the Daesh terrorists would have reached Baghdad, the official added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Saeedi pointed to the recent advances of the Iraqi army troops and volunteer forces in their anti-Daesh campaign, saying that the forces are now preparing to liberate Mosul.

Iraq has been facing the growing threat of terrorism, mainly posed by the Daesh terrorist group.

Daesh militants made swift advances in much of northern and western Iraq over the summer of 2014, after capturing large swaths of northern Syria.

However, a combination of concentrated attacks by the Iraqi military and the volunteer forces, who rushed to take arms after top Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa calling for fight against the militants, has blunted the edge of Daesh offensive and made the terrorists withdraw from some of the areas they had captures, including the strategic city of Fallujah, 70 kilometers west of Baghdad.

Iraqi forces are advancing toward Mosul, the largest city still under the control of Daesh. They have mostly surrounded Shirqat, 250 km (160 miles) north of Baghdad, and recently retook a major air base from the militants to use in the main push on Mosul, 60 km further north.

Amid tensions in Iraq, Iran is known as the first country to help the Arab country and has always voiced support for Iraq’s solidarity and prosperity.

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