00:03US and Saudi bombings in Iraq
00:05The so-called Popular Mobilization Front, a paramilitary alliance now integrated into the
00:11The army announced that the attacks killed about twenty of its members and wounded one
00:15Thirty. The United States and Saudi Arabia announced that they had targeted positions
00:21of Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, in retaliation for their attacks against forces
00:25American and Saudi oil facilities. The Popular Mobilization Front was created in 2014
00:32to fight the jihadists, before being formally integrated into the Armed Forces.
00:38Within its ranks are brigades belonging to pro-Iranian groups that have a reputation for acting on behalf of others.
00:43Iraq has its own allies in Washington and Tehran, but its enmity...
00:48has long since turned the country into an indirect battleground between the two.
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