ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The controversial bill to restructure the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi) ...

Zor, leaving 1 dead and abducting 6 (4 still missing). The assault coincided with government shelling across the Euphrates, ...

On August 11, 2025, Iran and Iraq signed a significant defence agreement focused on strengthening joint security operations ...

A bill in Iraq that would further formalise the role — and perhaps, the autonomy — of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former ...

Iraq's prime minister has approved disciplinary measures against senior commanders in a paramilitary force after clashes with ...

Despite the lingering scars left by the Islamic State s capture of swaths of Iraq and Syria over a decade ago and the current ...

Britain supports Washington's opposition to Iraq's PMF bill, arguing the force's anti-ISIS mandate has expired. The UK envoy ...

Rudaw, a media outlet in Erbil, the capital of the KRG, noted that the local authorities believe that the Hashd al-Shaabi or the Popular Mobilization Forces are behind the attacks.

Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.

The Islamic Republic is attempting to rearm its former top militia, Hezbollah, and is exerting pressure on Beirut.

The clash broke out in Baghdad's Karkh district after a group of fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) stormed ...

Representatives of these groups were hosted by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-shaabi for a two-day meeting, with the participation of the head of the Iranian Quds force, which ...