Falih Alfayyah announces closure of PMUs recruitment centres but calls for two month extension to integration process into the Iraqi army

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi has issued a decree that orders armed factions to choose between political and military activity. Immediately after, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced the dissolution of his armed wing Sarraya al-Salam.

Despite three years passing since the defeat of ISIS in Sinjar, residents say that the city has not recovered from the damage. Furthermore, the struggle between the central government and the KRG has placed the city in political impasse.

After clashes between in Dujail local tribes and Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) affiliated faction, the Governor of Salahuddin Province, Ahmed al-Jubouri and the head of the PMU, Falih al-Fayyadh agreed that PMU factions would withdraw from cities throughout the province.

Residents of the Old City of Mosul express their gratitude to the Abbas Combat Division for helping to clear the area of debris and corpses, amidst neglect from the central authorities.

The Fatha road snakes behind the heavily damaged Baiji Oil refinery, crossing between the low-altitude Hamreen and Makhoul mountain ranges into Kirkuk whose residents fear Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells.

Local Iraqi police officers who joined the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) to fight the Islamic State seem to have no intention of returning to their old jobs.

The town of Tuz Khurmato experienced violence in the aftermath of the Kurdish referendum, but stability has now been restored.

Having secured the bordertown of al-Qaim, the Iraqi Security Forces are now reinforcing the border and preparing for the next move

Iraqis from al-Rashad near Hawija are organising volunteer groups to protect their towns against a potential ISIS comeback

A PMU fighter stands in front of an ISIS billboard that says "We will prevail despite the global crusader coalition".

Officials of the PMU and the Peshmerga deny allegations of non-cooperation and highlight joint operations in Nineveh against ISIS.

Both the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) have been carrying out covert operations targeting ISIS...

The hilltop dugout overlooking a strip of desert stretching towards the the Syrian border is piled with mortar and artillery...

MEE reports from frontline of PMU forces assault on Iraqi city, with IS using drones, snipers and suicide bombers to...

Popular Mobilization Units declared control of a vital supply route for ISIS which links the cities of Mosul in Iraq...