The Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) militia group has named Abu Fadak al-Mohammadawi as its new leader, succeeding Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was killed in Iraq alongside Iranian commander ...
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Who is Abdulaziz Al-Mohammadavi the new head of Iran-backed militias in Iran
At dawn on January 3, Abu-Mahdi al-Muhandis, fugitive deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, was killed along with the commander of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force ...
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Iran and its proxies recalibrate in Iraq
Iran’s network of influence in Iraq has taken a battering over the past two months. The loss of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, ...
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Iran-backed groups in Iraq turn to renegade cleric
When the grip of Iraq's Tehran-backed Shi'ite Muslim parties and militias threatened to slip following the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, they turned to an unpredictable rival
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PMF appoints new deputy head as successor to Al-Muhandis
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), known locally as the Hashd Al-Shaabi, has named Abu Fadak Al-Mohammedawi as its new deputy commander following the assassination of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis alongside ...
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Iran alleges bomb attack targeted U.S. forces in Iraq
Iran’s Tasnim media emphasized an explosion it says targeted a “US military vehicle south of Baghdad.” It used an image of the Popular Mobilization Units or Shi’ite militias in ...
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