Abu Fadak Al-Mohammedawi is the chief of staff of Iraq’s Shiite-led Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), or Hashd al-Shaabi, an umbrella group for the Iran-backed Iraqi militias.

On January 13, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced new sanctions on Abdul-Aziz al-Mohammadawi (usually known as Abu Fadak, sometimes Abu Hamid), the acting deputy chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). He was designated for terrorist activities under Executive Order 13224.

2024年4月8日 · On April 5, the chief of staff of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Abdal Aziz al-Mohammadawi (aka Abu Fadak), stated, “The PMF is a fundamental part of the battle in Gaza and Palestine.” At the time, he was in Tehran to participate in a Qods Day march when he stopped to talk to the media.

2022年1月12日 · Abu Fadak is not a naturally outgoing person in public settings—after a career in the shadows with KH, he has taken some time to adapt to overtly serving as de facto head of a large government-supported paramilitary force.

2020年2月21日 · Abu Fadak's role has been announced in Iran, making him a key player in the nexus between the IRGC, Iraq's interior ministry, and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Press TV in Iran confirms some of the details we have reported.

2021年1月13日 · Today the United States is designating Abd al-Aziz Malluh Mirjirash al-Muhammadawi – also known as Abu Fadak – as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order 13224. Muhammadawi is the former secretary general of Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and SDGT.

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2021年1月14日 · Abu Fadak, the US says, is also called Al-Khal, the “uncle.” He was born in 1968. The US mistakenly listed him as linked to ISIS. In fact Fadak’s Kataib Hezbollah is a pro-Iranian Shi’ite group...

2024年7月17日 · Iraq: Abu Fadak Al-Mohammadawi, the chief of staff of the Al-Hashd al-Sha’abi Shiite organization (which centers the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq) who also heads the militia of the Iraq Hezbollah Brigades, had to walk around with an army of dozens of security guards surrounding him as he participated in the Ashura ceremonies today in Iraq.

2021年1月19日 · Acting under the authority of and in accordance with sections 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended by Executive Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, and Executive Order 13886 of September 9, 2019, I hereby determine that the person known as Abd al-Aziz Malluh Mirjirash al-Muhammadawi, also known as Abdul Aziz Al-Mohammedawi ...