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5 days agoIs Iraq being dragged into the Iran war?
A convoy of Iraqi paramilitaries crossed into Iran, raising concerns about involvement in the Iran war, but experts deem it unlikely to impact the conflict significantly.
The law aims to regulate Iraq's paramilitaries, the so-called Popular Mobilization forces, or PMF. Should it pass, its critics predict dire consequences. It would make "armed terrorist groups undermining Iraq's sovereignty," part of the official Iraqi military, the US State Department has warned. Supporters of the bill have a very different opinion, arguing that it could be a way of assimilating armed groups back into state institutions.