Imam Ali Squad to be completed

General- Secretariat of the Imam Ali holy shrine completes its special procedures needed to form the Imam Ali Military Squad

The General- Secretariat of the Imam Ali holy shrine has completed all the special procedures needed to form the Imam Ali Military Squad throughout uniting all the Brigade of al-Murtadha battalion to be within this squad.

The deputy Secretary- General of the Imam Ali holy shrine said that core of al-Murtadha Brigade formed by the volunteers from the servants of the holy shrine who signed up to fight against the ISIL, then an increasing number of volunteers from the holy city of Najaf signed up to defend the holy shrine the holy city from the takfiri groups.

He added that they formed Imam Ali Military Squad due to the increasing number of volunteers, pointing out that it consists of three brigades which are al-Mustafa and al-Murtadha brigades, along with another brigade in the headquarter of the  squad.