Salah_al-Din_Brigade_(Iraq)

Salah al-Din Brigade (Iraq)

Salah al-Din Brigade (Iraq)

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Salah al-Din Brigade or 51 Brigade in Popular Mobilization Forces It is a Sunni armed group that fights alongside Shiite groups, supported by Iran, that was created to fight ISIS and was formed specifically for the battle of Mosul (2016–17).[1][2] The matter began in 2014, when Yazan received a call from Baghdad asking him to meet with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and he had obtained permission from the Popular Mobilization Command to begin forming the first Sunni faction within the ranks of the Shiite factions.[3][4][5]

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  1. "تكليف قائد جديد للواء (51) في قيادة قاطع عمليات صلاح الدين.. وثيقة". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. عبدالرحمن النجار (22 November 2016). "«فورين بوليسي»: لواء صلاح الدين.. «أهل الخير» من سنة العراق" [Iraqs Good Sunni]. www.sasapost.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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