Popular Mobilization Forces
Iraqi umbrella organization of militias incorporated into the military forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Popular Mobilization Forces (Arabic: الْحَشْدُ الشَّعْبِيُّ[1]) is an Iraqi state-sponsored Shia-dominated armed network of 67 different factions along with other Sunni Muslim, Christian, and Yazidi groups.[2][3][4] 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.[5] Some of the groups armed (Shia) factions such as the Kataib Hezbollah are claimed to have links to the Islamic Republic of Iran.[6][7]
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