Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Units)

Turkmen Brigades
Active	2014–present
Allegiance	Iraq
Groups	16th Brigade Bashir Regiment Sayyid al-Shuhada 52nd Brigade Taza Regiment 92nd Brigade Talafar Regiment Brigade of Imam Hussein
Leaders	Seyyid Yılmaz Neccaroğlu (Supervisor) Şehbaz Yılmaz Neccaroğlu^[1] (Commander) Seyyid Ali al-Husseini^[2] (Spokesman)
Area of operations	Saladin Governorate Kirkuk Governorate Nineveh Governorate Al Anbar Governorate
Strength	30,000 (2016)
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces
Battles and wars	Iraqi Civil War (2014-present) Siege of Amirli Second Battle of Fallujah Battle of Ramadi (2015–16) Second Battle of Tikrit Battle of Mosul (2016) Hawija Offensive (2016)

The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces formed in 2014.

The group's commander, Said Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals of an unified Turkmen militia from the Iraqi Turkmen Front, saying that his group has both Shia and Sunni Turkmen.^[3]

On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade has announced that the militias will participate the Hawija Offensive.^[4]

Armed groups in the Iraq War and the Iraqi Civil War

Iraqi government

Iraqi Armed Forces
- Iraqi Army
- Iraqi Air Force
Iraqi Police
- Iraqi Police Service
- National Police
- Supporting Forces
Facilities Protection Service

Ba'athists

Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
Fedayeen Saddam
General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
Al-Awda
General Command of the Armed Forces, Resistance and Liberation in Iraq
Popular Army
New Return
Patriotic Front
Political Media Organ of the Ba'ath Party
Popular Resistance for the Liberation of Iraq
Al-Abud Network

Militias
and others

Shia Islamic militias	Mahdi Army Abu Deraa's Mahdi Army faction Badr Organization Sheibani Network Soldiers of Heaven Special Groups (Iraq) Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Promised Day Brigade Kata'ib Hezbollah

Sunni Islamic militias	Awakening groups 1920 Revolution Brigade Jaish al-Rashideen Islamic Army in Iraq Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance Hamas of Iraq

Kurdish militias	Peshmerga Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Party of Free Life of Kurdistan

Turkmen militias	Iraqi Turkmen Front 16Brigade 52nd Brigade 92nd Brigade Brigade of Imam Hussein Sayyid al-Shuhada Bashir Regiment

Christian militias	Qaraqosh Protection Committee Nineveh Plain Protection Units Dwekh Nawsha Syriac Military Council Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam

Yazidi militias	Sinjar Alliance: Sinjar Resistance Units, Êzîdxan Protection Force, Êzîdxan Women's Units

Insurgents

Nationalist Salafis	Mujahideen Army Mujahideen Battalions of the Salafi Group of Iraq Islamic Salafist Boy Scout Battalions Mohammad's Army

Salafi Jihadists	Ansar al-Islam Black Banner Organization Abu Theeb's group Jaish Abi Baker's group Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Mujahideen Shura Council Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Wakefulness and Holy War

References

↑ Yılmaz Şehbaz Neccaroğlu 16. Türkmen Tugayı Komutanı açıkladı: "2014'ün Haziran ayı itibariyle terör örgütü IŞİD işgali altında bulunan Türkmen şehri Telafer'i IŞİD'den temizlemek için Irak merkezi hükümetine bağlı olan Halk Gönüllü Teşkilatlar Genel Komutanlığı tarafından 16. Türkmen Tugayı görevlendirildi. En yakın zamanda operasyon başlayacaktır. Telafer ve çevresindeki Türkmen köyleri Türkmenlerin kendi elleriyle kurtalacak. Telaferlilerin en yakın zamanda kendi evlerine dönmeleri için çalışmalar başlatılacaktır."
↑ اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا
↑ "Iraqi Turkmen to take part in Mosul attack". AA. 5 September 2015.
↑ "بالفيديو: لواء 16 الحشد الشعبي قوة التركمان تعلن استعدادها الكامل للمشاركة في عمليات تحريرى الحويجة". WR news. 25 September 2016.

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