What is the PMF, that said it was targeted by US-Saudi strikes?

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The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iran-linked Iraqi security umbrella group formed to combat ISIS, reported being targeted by US-Saudi airstrikes. The PMF has increasingly been co-opted by Iran within Iraq's official security forces.

The Iran-linked group that claims it was targeted by US-Saudi airstrikes Wednesday is part of an Iraqi security apparatus formed more than a decade ago to fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is an umbrella organization within Iraq’s official security forces, which Iran has increasingly co-opted … The post What is the PMF, that said it was targeted by US-Saudi strikes? appeared first on Egypt Independent.