Iraqi Paramilitary Launch Operation Against ISIS Near Border With Syria Following Resurfacing Of Baghdadi

Iraqi paramilitary groups known as Hashd al-Shaabi has launched operations crush Islamic State in rural areas near the Syrian border days after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a new video. The Iraqi paramilitary groups are known as Hashd al-Shaabi – the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a 100,000-strong group of mostly Shi’ite militias operating in...