Powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq say they will start handing in weapons to authorities

IRBIL, Iraq(RAHNUMA): Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said on Tuesday they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command. One of the groups, Asaib Ahl […]