Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, pictured here on 31 December 2019 attending a funeral for members of the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary group killed in a US air strike (Reuters)
Middle East Eye: Who was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis?
The Iraqi militia leader was killed in the same US air strike as Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani - but who was he?
The news of a US air strike targeting top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad's international airport on Friday has sent shockwaves across the region - eclipsing the death of another significant player who was among the 10 people killed in the attack.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi Iraqi militia, may have been a far less prominent figure than Soleimani, head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force overseas wing; but Muhandis himself has a long history of involvement in military and paramilitary groups and his death highlights Iran's influence in Iraqi armed groups.
So who was the man widely recognised as the leading figure of Hashd al-Shaabi, the group which recently came to the fore for its storming of the US embassy on 31 December?
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More News On The Death Of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Iraqi militant killed by US worked with Iran for decades -- AP
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: Iraqi killed in US strike was key militia figure -- The Guardian
Hashd deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: Iran's man in Baghdad -- Al Jazeera
Airstrike That Killed Suleimani Also Killed Powerful Iraqi Militia Leader -- The New York Times
Hashed deputy al-Muhandis: Iran's man in Baghdad -- France 24
Meet Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the terrorist killed with Qassem Soleimani -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
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