Iraq’s PMU throws weight behind countering COVID-19

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, despite being plagued by disunity recently, is assisting the Iraqi government in fighting the novel coronavirus.
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Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units take part in a military parade in the town of Taza, south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, Iraq, June 28, 2019. - REUTERS/Ako Rasheed
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Tamer Badawi

The Iraqi government is mobilizing all public and private resources to combat the coronavirus as it spreads in the country.

Iraqi President Barham Salih had declared a national initiative demanding that public and private sectors cooperate and that all Iraqis work together to stem the outbreak. 

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