Iraq launches anti-ISIS operation in Kirkuk after spate of attacks
The Iraqi army on Sunday launched an operation targeting Islamic State (ISIS) cells in Kirkuk province after a spate of attacks by the militant group...
Home / Threats / Popular Mobilization Forces ‣ Events Archive
See Entity Detail Info 
18 Israelis injured in Hezbollah missile strikes as border tensions grow
Eighteen Israelis have been injured, one critically, after the Iranian backed Hezbollah militia fired anti-tank missiles from southern Lebanon in a further sign that the...
Iraq Announces Arrest of ISIS Leader
The Iraqi armed forces announced Monday the arrest of an ISIS leader in Kirkuk, on the second day of a security operation launched in the...
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...
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...