Structure and Missions of the Popular Mobilization Forces: An Analytical Study of the Structure and Missions of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Peacekeeping Operation: Nineveh as a Case Study

Abstract

On December 9, 2017, the Iraqi government announced that it had achieved victory over ISIS, after three years of fighting. On the other hand, it became imperative for government agencies to deal with the humanitarian tragedies and destruction left behind by ISIS, and to address the motives and factors that enabled ISIS to find the incubating social environment, which granted it easy control over Iraqi lands, amid welcomes in some areas, indifference in others, and resistance in a few other areas. Achieving peace and coexistence in the areas emerging from conflict requires, in addition to achieving societal reconciliation, overcoming the problems of the past that led to the state of affairs, in a way that meets the needs, aspirations and demands of the residents of the liberated areas. Working in post-conflict environments requires the participation of government, security forces, international organizations, and civil society organizations all together.