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Iraq’s Al-Nujaba Movement, which forms part of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), has claimed that the US has been planning to “transfer” senior Daesh commanders and other terrorists from eastern Syria to neighboring Iraq.
“Washington is insisting on the implementation of a plot to return the terrorists to Iraq by transferring a large number of ISIS [Daesh] commanders and militants from the eastern Euphrates and other parts of Syria,” the movement said in an online statement.
Referring to the US as “occupiers” they added: “We stress that the Islamic Resistance of Iraq is monitoring all your destructive plots to prevent the dangers which threaten the Iraqi provinces.”
Al Mayadeen: US Choppers transfer #ISIS militias from East #Syria to #Iraq as ISIS activate their attacks on #Iraqi Army, police and #PMU. pic.twitter.com/OuomtJtfHw
— tim anderson (@timand2037) May 3, 2020
The announcement follows a counter-offensive made against Daesh terrorists on the weekend in the Mekeeshfa and Balad regions of the Salahuddin province resulting in the deaths of 10 PMF fighters.
Last December, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said the US was supporting Daesh and helping them “move from one area to another” and two Iraqi security experts earlier in the year stated that the US military was facilitating the return of Daesh in Iraq to restart insecurity in the country.
The US and Iraqi governments have reportedly agreed to discuss a timetable for withdrawal in June. The request was made officially by Baghdad in January in the aftermath of the assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and a PMF commander, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis.
