Arrest of an Iraqi PMU commander puts militias on notice
Amid protests demanding justice after a series of assassinations, Iraqi security forces have arrested the commander of one prominent militant faction.
Members of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Service are deployed in the streets of the capital Baghdad on March 27, 2021. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images
May 27, 2021
BAGHDAD — A day after a major protest demanding greater accountability in Iraq, especially as concerns the unsolved murders of several activists, the commander of a faction affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Units was arrested in a move that was followed by allied factions entering Baghdad’s Green Zone in a show of force.