Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Has the US found a new friend in Iraq's Shiite militias?

ALI MAMOURI for Al-Monitor Despite its earlier fears that Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units would assume a sectarian role in the liberation of Sunni areas from the Islamic State, the United States is now expressing support for the force.

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