Thousands of Iraqis volunteer to fight rebels
- 10 years ago
Thousands of Shia volunteers in Iraq have registered to fight with the army against the rebels led by the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The registrations are said to have been boosted after the country's highest Shia Muslim leader said it was the duty of all Iraqis.
Officials say about 100,000 people want to be recruited, most of them from Shia-majority places such as Najaf and Basra in the south.
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Baghdad, Iraq. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website http://www.aljazeera.com/
The registrations are said to have been boosted after the country's highest Shia Muslim leader said it was the duty of all Iraqis.
Officials say about 100,000 people want to be recruited, most of them from Shia-majority places such as Najaf and Basra in the south.
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Baghdad, Iraq. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website http://www.aljazeera.com/