(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iraqi Shiite militias of harakat al- Nujaba has via a video surface on the internet shown its leader Akram al-Kaabi in his trip to Aleppo via the airport, and his visit to his members fighting by al-Assad.
Al-Nujaba TV channel has broadcasted a song prior to al-Kaabi speech which says: “Aleppo is Shiite, and calls for its people”
Al-kaabi explained in his speech that his visit to Aleppo is part of his participation in the war against occupation and suppressive powers supported by the Wahabi and expiatory forces.
Members of the militias welcomed al-Kaabi with songs and poem with sectarian background, lie mentioning they were the soldiers of al-Mahdi.
Al-Kaabi justified the advance of Free Syrian Army in southern Aleppo by holding a truce and abiding by it, while they withdrew to fight the Islamic State in Khanaser.
Harakat al-Nujaba emerged from the Iraqi paramilitary Asaib Ahl al-Haq in 2013, its leader is Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, who claimed that after a period of militant inactivity, the Syrian civil war motivated him to form the militia.
Regime forces are backed by Russian air power and Lebanese and Iraqi Shiite militia fighters under supervision by Iranians.
Hashim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for the Iraqi Shiite militia Harakat al-Nujaba said its fighters would reinforce areas captured from the rebels in southern Aleppo.
Rebel commanders said they are preparing to launch their own battle aimed at breaking the siege of the city.
Aleppo has been divided since 2012 into government and rebel sectors, regime forces have besieged the opposition areas they aim to capture the whole city.
After 5 years of multi-sided war, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and 11 million, half of Syria's pre-war population, have been displaced.
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