Iran-backed militias in Iraq signal move to place weapons under state control amid US pressure


A mourner attends the funeral of a commander from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah armed group who was killed in what they called a "Zionist attack" in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq September 22, 2024.



















A mourner attends the funeral of a commander from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah armed group who was killed in what they called a "Zionist attack" in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq September 22, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have signaled that they may break away from the government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces and turn over some of their weapons to the state.

There are many questions about whether this will actually happen or whether the militias are merely going to do some kind of formal change in “definitions” about their status and weapons, while keeping the guns and not changing their behavior..

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