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The arrest of senior leaders from an Iran-backed militia is part of a plan to restructure Iraq s state-sanctioned Popular Mobilisation Forces, an umbrella group of paramilitaries that is made up mainly of Iraqi Shiite militias, according to an official close to the PMF. Security forces affiliated to the PMF arrested Hamid Al Jazairi, the former deputy commander of Al Khorasani Brigades and more than a dozen of his followers on Sunday. The next day, the group’s commander, Ali Al Yassiri, was arrested. Since taking office in May, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi has tried to rein in militias backed by Tehran, but ....
Tuesday, 15 December, 2020 - 06:30 Jazairi with former commander of Quds Force Qassem Soleimani (Asharq Al-Awsat AR) Baghdad - Asharq Al-Awsat Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) continue to arrest prominent figures linked to the Saraya al-Khorasani brigades and Iran, who are accused of attacking civilian activists. Less than 24 hours after the arrest of Hamid al-Jazairi, deputy commander general of the group, the PFM arrested on Monday 30 members of the Brigades while searching for their Secretary-General Ali Al-Yasiri. Sources reported that Al-Yasiri “was not present at the Saraya headquarters during the raid launched by PMF security personnel. “He intended to travel to Syria, but he returned and turned himself over in to the PMF Security Directorate,” the sources added. ....