{"id":3981,"date":"2026-03-07T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:10:07","slug":"heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-air-strikes-on-pmf-base-near-mosul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-air-strikes-on-pmf-base-near-mosul\/3981\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s everything you need to know about air strikes on PMF base near Mosul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"1386\">According to information reported by the news agency <strong data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"257\">AFP<\/strong>, an air strike struck a base linked to the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Popular Mobilisation Forces<\/span><\/span> (PMF) south of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mosul<\/span><\/span> in northern <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iraq<\/span><\/span>. Two PMF sources confirmed to AFP that the incident involved a strike on a facility associated with the paramilitary coalition widely known as Hashed al-Shaabi. One official indicated that the location targeted belonged to the coalition and conveyed that the strike was believed to have been carried out by the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States<\/span><\/span>, describing it as a likely American air operation. A second PMF source also confirmed that a strike had taken place at the base, though no additional operational details were disclosed in the report. The development highlights the continued sensitivity of Iraq\u2019s security landscape, where multiple armed actors operate within a complex regional environment. International observers frequently monitor such incidents because of their potential implications for regional stability, counterterrorism operations, and the broader geopolitical relationship between Iraq and external military partners.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"jczxtj\" data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1464\">The Role of the Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraq\u2019s Security Structure<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1961\">The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Popular Mobilisation Forces<\/span><\/span> emerged during the conflict against the extremist organization <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Islamic State<\/span><\/span>, also known as ISIL. Formed as an umbrella alliance of armed groups mobilized to confront the militant organization\u2019s rapid territorial expansion, the coalition later became integrated into Iraq\u2019s formal security framework. Over time, the PMF developed into a large network comprising numerous factions with differing political and military alignments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2387\">Several of the coalition\u2019s most influential factions are widely recognized for maintaining close ties with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iran<\/span><\/span>, a factor that has shaped regional perceptions of the group\u2019s strategic orientation. At the same time, the Iraqi government formally incorporated the PMF into its national security apparatus, giving the organization a legally recognized role within the state\u2019s defense structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to information reported by the news agency AFP, an air strike struck a base linked to the Popular Mobilisation\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":3982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1870,1869,1868],"class_list":["post-3981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hashed-al-shaabi","tag-pmf","tag-popular-mobilisation-forces"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3983,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions\/3983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}