Falih Al-Fayyadh
Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh (Arabic: فالح الفياض; born 27 March 1956) is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council,[1][2][3][4] and currently the chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission.Until July 2020, Al-Fayyadh was the Iraqi Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor.On 8 January 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al-Fayyadh for "his connection to serious human rights abuse", and addressed his role in the violent repression of Iraqi protests beginning in October 2019.During the protests, Iranian-backed militias, headed by Al-Fayyadh, used marksmen to fire live bullets, hot water and tear gas against anti-government protesters, leading to many deaths and injuries.The sanction was based on the Global Magnitsky Act and resulted in Al-Fayyadh being placed on Office of Foreign Assets Control's SDN List.