The People's Mobilization (Arabic: الحشد الشعبي‎ al-Hashd al-Shaabi), also known as the National Mobilization (الحشد الوَطنيّ al-Hashd al-Watani), and as the Popular Mobilization Forces/Units/Committee (PMF/PMU/PMC), is an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization composed of some 40, almost exclusively Shiite, militias. The People's Mobilization was formed for deployment against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.