Popular Mobilization Forces

The Popular Mobilization Forces (Arabic: الْحَشْدُ الشَّعْبِيُّ) is an Iraqi state-sponsored Shia-dominated armed network of 67 different factions along with other Sunni Muslim, Christian, and Yazidi groups. The goal of the group was to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and has fought in every battle with the group. Some of the groups armed (Shia) factions such as the Kataib Hezbollah are claimed to have links to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The current leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is Falih Al-Fayyad.

References

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