Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq

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Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq
قوة أحرار العراق
Leaders Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie
Dates of operationJune 2014–present
CountryFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Active regionsFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Ideology Sunni Islamism
Part of Popular Mobilization Forces (since 8 November 2014)
AlliesFlag of Syria.svg  Syria (Until 2024)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
OpponentsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Harakat Sham al-Islam
Flag of Ansar al-Islam.svg Ansar al-Islam
Flag placeholder.svg Tahrir al-Sham
Islamic State flag.svg  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars
Website Youtube Channel

Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq was formed under the name of Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq (Force of the Free Men of Iraq) on 14 June 2014 according to the fatwa of the Grand Mufti Sheikh Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie, the grand mufti of the Republic of Iraq on the necessity of enlisting and defending Iraq.

Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq was formed in Baghdad and the first battles were in Tikrit and Baiji, and then in Anbar. In addition to these areas, Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq fought in order to liberate Iraq from ISIS in; Anbar: al-Hawz area, al-Mal'ab, Hit, Haditha, al-Baghdadi, Jazirat al-Khalidiya, Jazirat Rawa, Rawa, Anah and Rutba. In Salah al-Din; Tikrit, Baiji, Shirqat. Kirkuk, Mosul, Qayarra and the east of the Tigris River and Rabi'a (Ninawa countryside), as well as Baghdad and al-Mashahadah. According to Anas Mahdi al-Sumaida'i.e., secretary general of Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq, during these battles Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq had 250 casualties and more than 700 wounded. [1] [2]

Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq was registered in the Popular Mobilization Forces on 8 November 2014 under the 86th Brigade. [2]

According to Anas Mahdi, in 2018 Iraqi parliamentary elections, one of the candidates affiliated with the Quwat Ahrar al-Iraq obtained more than 13,000 votes in Ninawa province "but the votes were taken after modification and the great conspiracy in the elections".

Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq, on 26 June 2022 committed rocket attacks against Turkish Zlikan base, Iraq. Four rockets were used in the attacks. No casualties were recorded. [3] [4]

On 21 July 2022, Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq responded to Zakho resort attack where nine civilians, including two children were murdered by the Turkish military by stating; "Our response will not be ink on paper, but with rockets, marches, missiles. We are among the vengeful criminals." [5]

References

  1. "Hashd formations of Iraq: Interview with Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq". Tehran Times. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad. "Hashd Formations of Iraq: Interview with Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq". Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. "Zlikan attack: Two rocket launchpads seized in Nineveh". Zlikan attack: Two rocket launchpads seized in Nineveh. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. "Rocket attack targets Zlikan base". Rocket attack targets Zlikan base. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. "لواء احرار العراق يهدد بالرد على القصف التركي ب الصواريخ و ا - الراصد العراقي". الراصد العراقي، موسوعة أخبار العراق (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 July 2022.