Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Units)

Turkmen Brigades
Iraqi Turkmen Front flag used by the Turkmen Brigades.
Iraqi Turkmen Front flag used by the Turkmen Brigades.[2]
Active 2014–present
Allegiance  Iraq
Groups
  • 16th Brigade
    • Bashir Regiment
    • Sayyid al-Shuhada
  • 52nd Brigade
    • Taza Regiment
  • 92nd Brigade
    • Talafar Regiment
  • Brigade of Imam Hussein
Leaders
  • Seyyid Yılmaz Neccaroğlu
    (Supervisor)
  • Şehbaz Yılmaz Neccaroğlu[3]
    (Commander)
  • Fatih Yıldın[4]
    (Field commander)
Spokesman
  • Seyyid Ali al-Husseini[5]
Area of operations
Size 30,000 (2016)
Part of Popular Mobilization Forces
Allies
Opponents  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Peshmerga (sometimes)[8]
Battles and wars

Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)

The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces formed in 2014.

The group's commander, Said Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals of an unified Turkmen militia from the Iraqi Turkmen Front, saying that his group has both Shia and Sunni Turkmen.[9]

On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade has announced that the militias will participate the Hawija Offensive.[10]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.alsumaria.tv/mobile/news/199836/iraq-news
  2. ↑ https://www.alsumaria.tv/mobile/news/199836/iraq-news
  3. ↑ Yılmaz Şehbaz Neccaroğlu 16. Türkmen Tugayı Komutanı açıkladı: "2014'ün Haziran ayı itibariyle terör örgütü IŞİD işgali altında bulunan Türkmen şehri Telafer'i IŞİD'den temizlemek için Irak merkezi hükümetine bağlı olan Halk Gönüllü Teşkilatlar Genel Komutanlığı tarafından 16. Türkmen Tugayı görevlendirildi. En yakın zamanda operasyon başlayacaktır. Telafer ve çevresindeki Türkmen köyleri Türkmenlerin kendi elleriyle kurtalacak. Telaferlilerin en yakın zamanda kendi evlerine dönmeleri için çalışmalar başlatılacaktır."
  4. ↑ Son Dakika:Irak Türkmeneli Projesi Onaylandı Gizli Kararlar Açıklanmadı
  5. ↑ اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا
  6. ↑ http://www.wr-news.net/arabic/local/5606
  7. ↑ http://kirkuknow.com/arabic/?p=53274
  8. ↑ http://www.alghadeer.tv/news/detail/33126/
  9. ↑ "Iraqi Turkmen to take part in Mosul attack". AA. 5 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "بالفيديو: لواء 16 الحشد الشعبي قوة التركمان تعلن استعدادها الكامل للمشاركة في عمليات تحريرى الحويجة". WR news. 25 September 2016.
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