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This year has seen a massive increase in the training of Iraqi militia officers at Defense Ministry academies, and a dedicated PMF training college might be developed under expanded legislation.
As Muqtada al-Sadr issues demands to Hadi al-Amiri, fears grow deadlock will lead to Shia-on-Shia fighting and risk Sistani's wrath
Abu Fadak and Akram Kaabi seem to have inherited the PMF and "resistance" parts of the late militia leader's portfolio.
A In Iraq’s 2006 Sunni-Shiite civil war, 268 armed organizations fought. Some were born out of it, and some had been established before it erupted. Some of those organizations’ include the Mahdi Army, the Mukhtar Army, the Islamic Virtue Party, the League of the Guide, the Soldiers of Heaven, League of the Righteous, Harakat Thaer Allah (God’s Vengeance Movement), Lajna al-Qasas al Adel (Just Punishment Committee), the Jerusalem Forces, the Earthquake Brigade, the 1920 Revolution Brigade, the Organization of Monotheism and Jihad, Al-Qaeda, the Muhammad Army, the Assembly of the Hel...
Pro-Iran line of Iraq's Hashed challenged by internal dissent A growing fissure pits the vast Iran-aligned wing of the Hashed al-Shaabi network against four factions linked to the shrines of Iraq’s twin holy cities, Karbala and Najaf. Sunday 13/12/2020 Supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi demonstrate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on October 17, 2020. (AFP) BAGHDAD – Around the corner from Iraq’s holiest shrines, a years-long struggle over allegiances and resources is coming to a head — threatening a deep schism within the powerful Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) netwo...