Author profile: Mehmet Alaca

Mehmet Alaca is a journalist who writes on Kurdish geopolitics, Iraq and Shi’a militias in the Middle East. He received an MA in the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East from Exeter University. He is currently an Ankara-based diplomatic correspondent and a contributor to the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM). He tweets at @mehmtalaca.

Opinion – Iraq’s Toughest Challenge: Controlling the Iranian-backed Militias

Mehmet Alaca • Sep 1 2020 • Articles

Although the efforts of reorganizing the PMF seem to continue, it is hard to fully control them in the short term considering Iran’s militia strategy.

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