{"id":133216,"date":"2026-05-27T13:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/133216\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:02:07","slug":"iraqi-pm-urges-armed-factions-to-follow-al-sadr-move-under-state-authority-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/133216\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi PM urges armed factions to follow Al-Sadr move under state authority &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-05-27T12:20:09+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi on<br \/>\nWednesday welcomed Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM) leader Muqtada Al-Sadr\u2019s<br \/>\ndecision to place Saraya Al-Salam, the movement\u2019s armed wing, under state<br \/>\nauthority, calling it an important step toward strengthening stability and<br \/>\nreinforcing the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Zaidi said the initiative would<br \/>\nsupport Iraq\u2019s security institutions in carrying out their constitutional<br \/>\nduties and called on other armed factions to follow the same path through the<br \/>\ncountry\u2019s official institutions, based on the principle that \u201cthe state alone<br \/>\nshould hold the authority to monopolize arms and enforce the law.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Al-Sadr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Iraq\/Muqtada-Al-Sadr-places-Saraya-Al-Salam-under-state-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> the<br \/>\nformal separation of Saraya Al-Salam from the PSM, formerly known as the<br \/>\nSadrist Movement, stating that its members would integrate into state<br \/>\ninstitutions \u201cin the national interest\u201d and in response to risks facing the<br \/>\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Iraq-s-Ali-Al-Zaidi-incomplete-government-faces-power-struggle-under-armed-factions-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Ali Al-Zaidi&#8217;s incomplete cabinet faces Iraqi armed factions test<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Shiite cleric had previously<br \/>\ncalled for all armed factions in Iraq to be integrated into state-controlled<br \/>\ninstitutions, remarks widely interpreted as directed at Iran-backed groups<br \/>\noperating under the Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella, including Kataib<br \/>\nHezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhadaa, and Harakat al-Nujaba.<br \/>\nMany of those factions are formally part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a<br \/>\npredominantly Shiite umbrella force incorporated into the Iraqi state in 2016,<br \/>\nbut they continue to maintain separate command structures and weapons networks<br \/>\noutside direct government control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Iraq-s-armed-factions-and-the-disarmament-debate-Why-unity-masks-deep-divisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Iraq\u2019s armed factions and disarmament debate: Unity<br \/>\nmasks divisions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-27T12:20:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi on 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