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Can Baghdad gain control over paramilitary groups amid US war on Iran?
Zahra Ladha · Middle East Eye
Published 5 Oct 2026, 10:30 pm·2 d ago·1 min read
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Can Baghdad gain control over paramilitary groups amid US war on Iran? Submitted by Zahra Ladha on Fri, 10/02/2026 - 10:18 As the state seeks to bring armed groups under its control, competing interests and external pressures stand in the way Popular Mobilisation Forces stand guard during a symbolic funeral procession celebrating the withdrawal of the US-led coalition from Iraq, in Baghdad on 1 October 2026 (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP) Off With the US withdrawing its forces from its territories, Iraq is moving towards bringing the country’s powerful paramilitary groups under greater state control, a…
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