Mourners grieve at the grave of a Popular Mobilization Forces fighter during a funeral for fighters killed in airstrikes on PMF bases in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Funerals are held for fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces after U.S. and Saudi strikes targeted Tehran-backed militias. Six Iranian advisers were also killed in the attacks, which heightened tensions across the region.
Mourners carry a coffin draped with a cloth bearing the emblem of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces during a funeral for Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on PMF bases in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A child rests his head on the coffin of a Popular Mobilization Forces fighter draped in the Iraqi flag during a funeral for Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on PMF bases in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Mourners carry the coffin of an Iranian adviser draped in the Iranian flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ADDITION: Updates caption to identify the funeral as being for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters.Iraqis inspect damaged structures at the site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)Mourners carry coffins draped in the Iranian flag, left, and the Iraqi flag, right, during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, which includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A mourner weeps during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Mourners carry the coffin of an Iranian adviser draped in the Iranian flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A mourner weeps during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A damaged vehicle at the site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)Mourners carry the coffins of Popular Mobilization Forces fighters during their funeral at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026, after they were killed in airstrikes on PMF bases. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
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In this photo provided by Catherine Taylor a page of the book "Antiquities of Athens," stamped by a library, is shown on Thursday, July 30, 2026, after its return in Kiama, Australia, an estimated 150 years late. (Catherine Taylor via AP)
