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Attacks in Iraq kill PMF fighters; Kurdish region president ‘targeted’

Al Jazeera · · 581 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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“Air strikes in Iraq kill three PMF fighters, two police”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events of the year 2026 in Iraq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Iraq
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war has involved Iraq, where Iranian forces and allied militias conducted missile and drone strikes against coalition facilities and targeted areas in Baghdad and Kurdistan Region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF; Arabic: قوات الحشد الشعبي, romanized: Quwwāt al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī), also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iranian-backed paramilitary umbrella …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces
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“Ex-paramilitary group, set up to fight ISIL, but now integrated in Iraqi forces, blames US and Israel”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war has involved Iraq, where Iranian forces and allied militias conducted missile and drone strikes against coalition facilities and targeted areas in Baghdad and Kurdistan Region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF; Arabic: قوات الحشد الشعبي, romanized: Quwwāt al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī), also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iranian-backed paramilitary umbrella …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“Air strikes targeting Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have killed three fighters and two Iraqi police”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events of the year 2026 in Iraq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Iraq
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war has involved Iraq, where Iranian forces and allied militias conducted missile and drone strikes against coalition facilities and targeted areas in Baghdad and Kurdistan Region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF; Arabic: قوات الحشد الشعبي, romanized: Quwwāt al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī), also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iranian-backed paramilitary umbrella …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces
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“An Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera that Saturday’s double-bombing of the PMF’s headquarters near northern Iraq’s Kirkuk Airport also wounded two other fighters and six Iraqi soldiers”
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“Reuters news agency quoted security sources as saying that two members of the Iraqi police were killed in an air strike targeting the PMF in Mosul”
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“Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque said that Iraq was turning into an 'expanding battleground' in the crisis”
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“The PMF was formed on the orders of Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in 2014 to fight ISIL (ISIS)”
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“The PMF takes its orders from Baghdad, but some factions are loyal to Tehran”
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“Baghdad has found itself 'on a tightrope' between the US and Iran”
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“Drones targeting an airbase serving as a hub for US and coalition forces near Erbil airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region”
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“A drone attack on the house of Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdish region”
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“Masrour Barzani condemned 'in the strongest terms' the assault”
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“French President Emmanuel Macron called increased attacks in Iraq a 'worrying development'”
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“A drone crashed into the southern Majnoon oilfield 'without detonating, causing no damage or injuries'”
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