Buuxi weedha soo socota: 4-tii Febraayo 2013, Wathiq al-Batat oo ka tirsan kooxda Shiicada ee Hezbollah ee Ciraaq, ayaa ku dhawaaqay sameynta ciidanka Mukhtar si ay ula dagaallamaan al-Qaacida iyo Ciidanka Ciraaq ee Xorta ah. Bishii Agoosto 2014, kooxdu way burburtay, kadib
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