Iraq’s Sadr announces integration into state forces
Iraqi Shiite cleric and former militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has announced the full separation of his armed wing, Saraya al-Salam, and its integration into Iraq’s state security forces.
Sadr, a cleric with a large popular following who once led a militia against American and Iraqi government forces, has long criticized Tehran-backed armed factions and repeatedly urged them to disarm.
Sadr announced “the complete separation” of his armed group Saraya al-Salam (the Peace Brigades) from his political party and its “full integration into the state.”
He did not provide details on how this would happen.
