In a serious escalation of violence in the region, air strikes have killed two fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in northern Iraq. The attacks, reported early on Thursday, targeted PMF positions in the Nineveh province, which includes the city of Mosul, and a military airport in Salah al-Din province. The violence comes at a time when tensions in the Middle East are heightened due to the ongoing conflict fueled by US-Israeli operations against Iranian interests in the region. The official statements from the PMF, a predominantly Shia paramilitary group integrated into Iraq's security structure, attributed the strikes to... [Continue Reading]