Iraq’s militia state replicates Daesh’s terrorism and criminality
One of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani's key governing pledges was to normalize the situation throughout central Iraq by transferring control from the military...
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After pressure by al-Sistani, senior Kata’ib Hezbollah leaders indicted on racketeering charges
Various senior leaders of Kata'ib Hezbollah were issued arrest warrants on Aug. 29 for their part in an extensive rackeeterring scheme that seized property from...
Sudani, NATO Mission Discuss Fighting Terrorism, Cyber Threat
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani held talks on Sunday with the Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission in Iraq, General Jose...
Kataib Hezbollah back in spotlight in Iraq
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah, which is also influential in parts of Iraq’s government and state-backed militias, is back in the spotlight in Iraq...
Kataib Hezbollah’s Escalating Feud with the Iraqi Security Forces
KH is increasingly picking territorial fights with the Iraqi security forces. Since the Coordination Framework appointed Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as their “general manager” of the...
The Islamic State lost 95% of its combat force in Nineveh
Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi (PMF) Operations Command in Nineveh confirmed on Tuesday that ISIS has lost more than 95% of its combat capacity in the governorate. The...
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...
Iran-backed militias working together to drive U.S. forces from Iraq
The crisscrossing agendas facing Iraq — pressured by the U.S. and Iran while trying to set up a functioning government in Baghdad and preventing a...
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,...
Islamic State terrorists killed eleven Popular Mobilization Forces fighters in Saladin attack
Islamic State (ISIS) militants launched at least two suicide attacks on a brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, in...