Iranian-backed militias play political party by day, fighters by night
The militias are playing a dangerous game as they try to edge the US out of Iraq without inviting retaliation measures.
A headquarters building of Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) burns after being torched by demonstrators during ongoing anti-government protests, in Nassiriya, Iraq January 5, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
