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Will Iraq integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces into the state?

Iraq is debating a new draft law that would give the PMF militias formal standing in state institutions.

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Anniversary of Soleimani, Muhandis’ Killing Stirs Debate over Iraq-US Ties

Several Iraqi provinces declared Tuesday an official holiday to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilization Forces deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The office of the prime minister denied, however, that it had sanctioned such a holiday. Soleimani and al-Muhandis…

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2 Killed in Protest over Iraqi Activist’s Prison Sentence

At least two protesters were killed Wednesday in southern Iraq after security forces opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a harsh prison sentence handed down against a young Iraqi activist over a Twitter post, local officials said. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the city of Nasiriyah…

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2 killed in protest over Iraqi activist's prison sentence

Local officials say two protesters have been killed in southern Iraq after security forces opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against a harsh prison sentence handed down against a young Iraqi activist over a Twitter post

The Independent UK

Activist Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Criticizing PMF in Iraq

The Iraqi judiciary sentenced on Monday an activist to three years in prison for “insulting state institutions” after criticizing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). In a Facebook post, Haidar al-Zeidi, 24, said he had been previously arrested by the PMF and detained for two weeks before being released on bail.…

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Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening. The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization…

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Tripartite Delegation in Erbil to Resolve Presidential Candidate Impasse

Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi arrived in Erbil on Monday, accompanied by the candidate for the prime minister post, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and Head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Falih al-Fayyadh. The delegation held talks with Head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani in a bid to…

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Iraq’s Basra, Dhi Qar Witness Military Reinforcement to Contain Confrontations

Heading a sizable military delegation from Baghdad, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Abdel Emir Yarallah on Tuesday visited the southern provinces of Dhi Qar and Basra. The visit comes a day after demonstrators lit a government building on fire in Dhi Qar’s central business district of Nasiriyah. In…

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Pro-Iran Factions in Iraq ‘Set up Trap’ for Baath Activists

Pro-Iran factions in Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have prepared a list of names of activists throughout the country’s central and southern cities to arrest them on charges of “belonging to the dissolved Baath party,” revealed a security source. The source said the majority of the arrest orders were based…

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Iraq Judiciary Launches Probe in Leaked Maliki Recordings

The Iraqi judiciary announced on Tuesday the launch of a probe in the voice recordings that have been attributed to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Supreme Judicial Council said it had received a request from the general prosecution to take legal measures over the recordings. In the recordings, Maliki…

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Iraq’s Sadr Calls on Maliki to Turn Himself over to Judiciary

Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, head of the Sadrist movement, called on Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to turn himself over to the judiciary in wake of his explosive and damning voice recordings. Known as the “Maliki WikiLeaks,” the recordings of the former premier include threats to Sadr and sharp criticism…

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