Iraq: Militia leader returns as national security adviser

BAGHDAD (AP) — The former head of Iraq’s Iran-linked Popular Mobilization militias has returned to his dual posts as chairman of the militias and national security adviser to Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
Falih al-Fayadh retook his seat at a meeting of Iraq’s National Security Council on Sunday after he was sacked from the positions by caretaker prime minister Haidar al-Abadi in August for political behavior.
Parliament is slated to consider al-Fayadh’s nomination to r