The Daily Populous Saturday December 28th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by jpost.com and submitted by Intelligent-Juice895

Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have reportedly reached an agreement to halt their actions against Israel, the Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Monday.

According to Al-Akhbar, the leader of the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement, a US-designated terrorist group, confirmed that the militia reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani that "the factions decided not to interfere in Syrian affairs and to follow the situation from a distance, in addition to waiting to know the orientations of the US President-elect, Donald Trump, and his policy towards the Middle East, specifically Iran."

The leader confirmed that the group would also stop all military operations against Israel.

He stated that "the Islamic Republic of Iran gave us the freedom to decide regarding the Syrian scene and the control of the terrorist groups called Haya'at Tahrir al-Sham.” Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against corruption, inside the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq July 30, 2022. (credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS)

Additionally, the spokesman for the Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades, Kazem al-Fartousi, told Al-Akhbar that “circumstances determine the positions of the factions, and the principle of unity of arenas is not linked to a temporary alliance between the factions of the axis of resistance, but rather it is a matter of principle and doctrine, and whatever the losses, the Iraqi factions have not and will not abandon the principle of unity of arenas.”

Prize_Farm4951 on December 28th, 2024 at 09:49 UTC »

Hilarious how after decades of sectarian conflict against Sunnis in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen that had created a sphere of influence for Iran in the region They've almost lost it in a matter of weeks all through trying to help their Sunni "brothers" in Gaza.

Ok_Gear_7448 on December 28th, 2024 at 08:34 UTC »

read: please don't hurt us

This is hardly surprising, likely an effort to avoid the fate of Hezbollah and maintaining Iranian influence in Iraq as a buffer against Saudi and Turkish influence.

Intelligent-Juice895 on December 28th, 2024 at 08:28 UTC »

Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to cease their actions against Israel, while maintaining their ideological opposition. The leader of the Al-Nujaba movement, a US-designated terrorist group, confirmed this decision along with their intention to avoid interference in Syrian affairs. The agreement reflects a strategic shift, though spokesman Kazem al-Fartousi emphasized that the principle of “unity of arenas” remains a matter of doctrine for the Iraqi factions, regardless of temporary circumstances.