Righteous Movement announces full liberalization of Baiji
Secretary-General of Righteous Movement
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The Secretary-General of Righteous Movement, Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, announced on Sunday the liberation of Baiji.
Khazali said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “We liberated the city of Baiji entirely,” noting that “Joint forces of the Iraqi army and al-Hashed al-Sha’bi militia backed by Iraqi aviation were able today to fully liberate the district.”
“The battles resulted in the killing of large numbers of ISIS elements, as well as inflicting heavy losses in equipment upon them,” Khazali added.
It is noteworthy that “League of the Righteous Movement” called (in May 8, 2015) for forming a joint operations room with al-Hashed al-Sha’bi militia for the liberation of Baiji refinery, stressing that any battle cannot be resolved without the participation of themselves.