Iraq’s government argues that passing a new legislation – which would fully integrate the PMF into the state – would help ...

Iraq has been shaken in recent weeks by attacks on civilian infrastructure by the Popular Mobilization Forces. The post ...

A bill in Iraq that would further formalise the role — and perhaps, the autonomy — of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries has sparked a heated […] ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba says it is under imminent threat of Israeli attacks, a senior official from the group told Rudaw on Wednesday, ...

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces an ‘important and blessed phenomenon,’ Khamenei says Amir Toumaj | June 20, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder al Abadi arrived in Tehran today to met with senior ...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stated on August 18 that efforts to pass a new law in the parliament to regulate the ...

Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces lift flags as they line up during the funeral procession for Hussein Khalil, who was a bodyguard for Lebanon's slain Hezbollah leader, his son Mahdi ...

The Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, which includes dozens of Iraqi Shiite militias, are deeply embedded in Iraqi society and security structures.

Soldiers from the Popular Mobilization Forces — largely Shiite Muslim militias strongly backed by Tehran — were traveling from Mosul to Kirkuk when Islamic State militants attacked their ...

The Popular Mobilization Forces—sometimes referred to by their Arabic name, Al-Hashed Al-Shaabi —are comprised largely of Iraqi Shiite Muslim militias, a number of whom have close ties to ...

Who calls the shots in Iraq — the government or the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)? Some observers think it is the latter, especially in light of recent events. On May 26, 2021, Iraqi police ...

Falih al-Fayyadh, the Chairman of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces and the former National Security Advisor to the Iraq’s Prime Minister, was identified as a member of an “Islamic ...