Iraqi authorities arrested leader of Iran-backed military wing on terrorism charges
A statement from Iraq’s Security Media Cell confirmed the arrest, relaying the warrant for Musleh’s arrest came in connection...
PMF
Falih al-Fayyadh
Falih al-Fayyadh (al-Fayyadh) is the head of the PMC, a body created by Iraqi legislation to bring the PMF militias under central government control
Iraqi authorities must dismantle the Popular Mobilization Forces
More than six years after the Islamic State (ISIS) wreaked havoc in northern Iraq, the situation seems direr than ever. For a time the presence...
Five members of the Popular Mobilization Forces killed in an Islamic State attack in Saladin
A security source in Saladin reported today, Thursday, that five members of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi (PMF) were killed, while 8 others were injured in an attack...
US recommends designating Badr Organization’s leader and PMF factions as terrorists
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) in the US Congress has recommended designating the “Badr Organization” and its head and secretary-general Hadi al-Ameri, in addition to...
Hussein Falah Al-Lami
Aziz al-Lami is an Iran-backed PMF militia leader, tasked by other senior militia commanders with suppressing the October 2019 protests in Iraq. Al-Lami was part...
Popular Mobilization Forces
The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as the People's Mobilization Committee (PMC) and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) is an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization...
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was most wanted terrorist and became the most powerful Iran’s man in Iraq
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), or Hashid al-Shaabi, an umbrella grouping of mostly Iran-backed Shi’i militias in Iraq,...