(FILES) This file photo taken on August 31, 2015 shows Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces, Iraq's pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary group, at a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the retaking of the Salaheddin province town of Amerli from the Islamic State group (IS) jihadists. - The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was killed on January 3, 2020 along with top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in a US strike on Baghdad's international airport, the powerful Shiite paramilitary force has said, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran. (Photo by HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP)