In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Lt. Gen. Qais Al-Muhammadawi, who heads Iraq’s Disengagement and Arms Control Committee, made clear that the current phase of bringing weapons under state authority reaches only the factions already folded into the Popular Mobilization Units — not groups outside it.

In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Lt. Gen. Qais Al-Muhammadawi, who heads Iraq’s Disengagement and Arms Control Committee, made clear that the current phase of bringing weapons…

LONDON: Iraqi officials like to say that the “age of militias” is ending. On paper, the past few weeks seem to support that narrative. Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, a hardline Iran-aligned…