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Iraq: US shelling killed dozens of Shia militia fighters Dozens of fighters from a Shia militia were killed by U.S. shelling near Iraq’s border with Syria, a source within the brigade, a faction of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia, said a convoy of its fighters was targeted inside southern Syria across the border from Al-Rutba district in Iraq’s Anbar province, at least 36 fighters who were fighting to contain jihadists got killed and 80 others injured in the attack - Sayed Al-Shuhada Brigade should take caution here even after the Iraqi government might have launched an investigation, we all discern by now drone cannot save us because we are brothers, only the scuffle has made us in this way, if we realize this then let us not drain the world economy as the former unrealization caused us to do, before the utterance of retaliation from the brigade; the attack took place after the convoy had crossed into Syria, it remained unclear what the militia fighters were doing in Syria where U.S. helps along with the Syrian rebels to end Assad regime which has necessitated this partly, and the U.S-led coalition in Iraq must be careful with the situation, the lingering consciousness that we are brothers regardless of the present situation of things leading us all to Afghanistan, as Iraq needs one army; an umbrella group of pro-government Shia militias, the Hashd al-Shaabi was established in 2014 to fight Daesh; since it was even alleged that it has been accused in the past of committing violations against civilians in Sunni-majority areas captured from Daesh, then we need to always think we shall be back on the peaceful feet as a cosmos of virtuous brothers , Iraq should continue in the effort of last November when Iraq’s parliament endorsed a proposal to formally incorporate the Hashd al-Shaabi into the Iraqi armed forces according to jawasi ere the period, afterall the brigade contains almost 300,000 fighters who are to be brothers soon.