Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashid Al-Sha’bi): Formation, Dominance, and Future Prospects

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are the guardian of the sect and the protector of the dominance of Shiite rule in Iraq. The Shiite sect forms the majority within the PMF, constituting 85% of it, such as; Hezbollah-Iraq, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kataib Hezbollah and etc. The position of these sectarian forces is not limited to the security and military levels, but extends to the main joints of government in Iraq, especially political and financial ones, with control over many economic joints such as: approval of the establishment of companies and contracts to provide food and construction materials to government institutions. Approval of contracts for reconstruction projects in destroyed cities of Nineveh, Anbar, and Salahaddin. Control of border trade between Iraq and Syria and between Iraq and Iran. Management of private security companies to protect oil fields, as well as intervention in the financial market and private banks.

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