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US blacklists, sanctions PMU factions in Iraq

Monday, 04 June 2018 10:57 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 04 June 2018 10:59 PM ]

Iraqi government forces and allied fighters take position in the northern part of Diyala province, on March 2, 2015. (AFP)

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

The US House of Representatives imposes sanctions on two major factions of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units. This comes after the PMU’s political wing became the second largest parliamentary group in the recent election. Iraqi authorities are now concerned that Washington is trying to weaken some political alliances amid talks on Iraq’s next government. Our correspondent Altaf Ahmad reports from Baghdad.

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