Shafaq News / The “Sayyid Al-Shuhada Brigades”, one of the most prominent armed factions in Iraq, confirmed on Sunday that the Iraqi factions “wheve and will not” leave the principle of unity of the squares in the face of Israel, while attributing the suspension of their operations to two internal and external reasons.
The term “unity of squares” was first launched after the battle launched by Hamas in May 2021, in response to decisions taken by Israel in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Following the outbreak of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the leaders of what is known as the “axis of resistance” returned to talk about the “unity of the squares” as a strategic target for the Hebrew state.
The spokesman for the “Sayyid Al-Shuhada” Brigades, Kazem Al-Fartoussi, told Shafaq News that “the principle of the unity of the squares is fixed among the Iraqi factions and this principle cannot be abandoned, but the circumstances are the ones that determine and draw the positions of the factions, and this principle is not linked to a temporary alliance between the factions of the axis of resistance, but it is an issue of principle and a doctrine, and whatever the losses, the Iraqi factions have not and will not leave the principle of unity of the arenas.”
Al-Fartousi pointed out that “the operations of the Iraqi factions against Israel were linked to the operations of Lebanese Hezbollah, and when the ceasefire was reached in Lebanon, the operations of the Iraqi factions stopped, as there are partners in Iraq who have an opinion and reservation from the operations of the factions and must be listened to, it is not clumsiness or recklessness, but you must study things well, especially since these partners are the environment of resistance, so they should be heard without ignoring or stubborn in the situation.”
Recent events in Syria, notably the fall of the Assad regime, have sparked a wave of speculation about the future of Iraq. In Baghdad, large-scale political changes were reported to be approaching. These expectations increased strongly after the revelation of the details of the US Secretary of State’s meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, where the latter demanded that decisive measures be taken to confront the influence of the factions close to Iran.
In this regard, the researcher in Iranian affairs, Mujtaba Haidari, confirmed in statements to Shafaq News Agency, that “the decision to dissolve the armed factions in Iraq is not easy to implement, explaining that the Iraqi resistance is a self-movement and not affiliated with Iran, although Tehran supports it.”
Haidari pointed out that previous Iraqi governments were resorting to Iran to calm tensions, especially with American forces, and that Tehran understands these requests and realizes the importance of Iraq’s stability for its national security. The researcher pointed out that the current situation in Iraq makes it unlikely to demand the dissolution of factions, especially with the existence of increasing security threats, stressing that the Iraqis themselves will support the resistance under these circumstances.
The former Deputy Prime Minister, Bahaa Al-Araji, who is close to the current Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that “fear of security or political events and developments in Iraq during the next phase is far from reality, as he pointed to the Popular Mobilization, an official Iraqi institution, which has a law legislated, and talking about calls to dissolve the crowd is untrue news.”
As for the armed factions, Al-Araji said, “A decision about them from dismantling or otherwise taken exclusively by the Iraqi state, is an internal Iraqi issue.”
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