Saraya al-Atabat: Iraq’s Shrine Militias That Helped Defeat ISIS

Shrines of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussain and that of his father Imam Ali funded the Saraya al-Atabat and deployed them for their protection as well to fight against ISIS

Shrines of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussain in Karbala and his father, Imam Ali, in Najaf funded the Saraya al-Atabat and deployed them for their protection as well as to fight ISIS

Iraq Diaries: How ISIS Met Its Match In Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi

Volunteers of al-Hashd al-Shaabi were deployed as shock troops and negated ISIS's advantages of surprise, sudden attack, and ambush

How Shia-Sunni Bridge-Building Worked In Face Of ISIS Threat

Successes against ISIS would have been impossible without national unity when the bloody civil war deepened Shia-Sunni fissures

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