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Paramilitary troops shelled in Syria not Iraq: Spokesperson

 Paramilitary troops shelled in Syria not Iraq: Spokesperson

Members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces). File photo.

Members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi. File photo.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government Shia-led paramilitary forces have said that attacked factions will take the suitable measures to respond.

In a press conference held in Baghdad on Monday, Ahmed al-Assadi, spokesperson of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said “the incidents which Sayyed al-Shuhada brigades were exposed to, occurred in depth of the Syrian land.”

The troops in Syria, according to Assadi, “have been fighting there for around six years. They play a great role to prevent terrorism reach to Iraq.”

If it weren’t for these factions deployed in Syria, “the Syrian regime would have fallen to those terrorists,” Assadi said adding that factions “which suffer strikes, have the right to take the suitable measures.”

Last week, the U.S.-led coalition denied allegations of shelling PMUs deployed near Iraqi-Syrian borders after Sayyid al-Shuhada brigades, a militia of the PMUs, said U.S. troops heavily shelled its positions across the Iraqi-Syrian borders early on Monday.

In May, Abu Alaa al-Wala’i, the secretary general of the militia, said the U.S. jets shelled the PMUs deployed in alBou Kamal region, near Iraqi-Syrian borders.

Assadi also added that the troops are only backed by Iraqi army and jets which provide them with air cover.

In November 2016, the Pentagon said the U.S.-led coalition would not provide air support to the PMUs.

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