Iraqi MP Habib Al-Halawi: Inshallah, We Will Kill the Americans Like Flies; Our Youth Were Inspired to Volunteer for Jihad by the Blood of Nasrallah, Mughniyeh, Soleimani; From Time to Time We Need More Pure Blood

Habib Al-Halawi, head of the political wing of the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and leader of the Al-Sadiqoun bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, appeared on Al-Ahd TV (Iraq) on November 30, 2024. In the interview, Al-Halawi claimed that the armed groups in Syria were able to mobilize quickly against the Assad regime due to an arrangement between the U.S., Israel, and Turkey. He argued that these groups were not acting independently but were part of a broader effort to open a new front aimed at weakening the Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance.” Al-Halawi added, “Inshallah, we will kill the Americans like we killed this fly.”

Speaking before the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, Al-Halawi also discussed the recruitment of Iraqi volunteers to fight on behalf of the regime in Syria. He claimed that thousands of young Iraqis were motivated to volunteer for Jihad, inspired by the “pure blood” shed by figures like Hassan Nasrallah, Imad Mughniyeh, and Qassem Soleimani. Al-Halawi added: “We need, from time to time, more pure blood.”