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June 16, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/16/from-tehran-to-beirut-shia-militias-aim-to-firm-up-irans-arc-of-influence

From Tehran to Beirut: Shia Militias Aim to Firm Up Iran's Arc of Influence

(Guardian-UK) Martin Chulov - Iranian general Qassem Suleimani helped lead units of the Popular Mobilization Front (PMF), a Shia militia which has chased Islamic State from territories in northern Iraq, carving out a new swath of influence from Mosul to the Syrian border. In May, PMF leaders told their senior members a land corridor that would give Iran a supply line across Iraq and Syria and into Lebanon had been rerouted through their area of operations.

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