(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 31, 2016 Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation forces, Iraq's powerful al-Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, visits the area of Khalidiya, east of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, during fighting against jihadists of the Islamic state (IS) group at the time. - 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 Shiite paramilitary force has said, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)