Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) commanders deployed along the Iraq-Syria border on Saturday dismissed what they described as threats from Damascus-affiliated forces, saying Iraq’s borders are secure as Baghdad steps up measures to prevent a spillover of instability from Syria. READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/240120261 | Rudaw English

154K views · 4.2K reactions | Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries now integrated into the regular Iraqi armed forces, stand guard at a military base near the Syrian border in Al-Qaim. The Iraqi government is focusing on its border security after days of fighting between Syrian government forces who have regained swaths of the Kurdish-controlled territory of northeastern Syria. | Roya News English | Facebook

The supporters and officials of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF or Hashd al-Shaabi) gathered in Baghdad on Friday to commemorate the 2019 deadly attack on members of the PMF on Syrian border. READ MORE: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/261220254 | Rudaw English