Popular Mobilization Forces
Iraqi umbrella organization of militias incorporated into the military forces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Popular Mobilization Forces (Arabic: الحشد الشعبي[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]