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Faleh al-Fayyadh

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Legal status as of 4 October 2026

Not charged as of the date of writing

Named, for example as an office holder, bank owner or licence holder, with no charge, conviction, sanction or official finding.

What the documents say

Headed the PMF-internal committee formed after al-Zubaidi's killing to investigate phantom names; not personally accused.

Kind
Person
Roles
  • PMF Chairman / National Security Adviser

Cases

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Cases
CaseRoleStatus in this caseDetailAs of
PMF "ghost fighters": payroll-inflation allegations and the unsolved killing of the force's finance chiefPMF Chairman / National Security AdviserNot charged as of the date of writingHeaded the PMF-internal committee formed after al-Zubaidi's killing to investigate phantom names; not personally accused.28 September 2026

In the registers

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Sanctions

Sanctions
DateAuthorityActionReason givenDocument
8 January 2021US Treasury (OFAC)Designation
Executive Order 13818 (Global Magnitsky, serious human rights abuse)
“was the head of the PMC when many of its subcomponents fired live ammunition at peaceful protesters in late 2019, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Iraqis”Original

Documents

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  1. Asharq Al-Awsat1 May 2018Press reportTier D

    اغتيال المدير المالي لـ«الحشد» في ظروف غامضة (Assassination of the PMF's financial director in murky circumstances)

    سعى لكشف آلاف الأسماء الوهمية المدرجة ضمن كشوفات مقاتلي الحشد (he sought to expose thousands of fictitious names listed among PMF fighter rolls)
    Original