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Iraqi security chief outlines plan to bring armed factions under state command.

Iraqi national security chief Bassem al-Badri has outlined the government’s announced plan to bring armed factions under the commander-in-chief, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, as Baghdad seeks unified state authority over weapons and security decisions. Asharq News reported that al-Badri said the plan would end factions’ ties to their former affiliations, names, formations and leaders, and place their members under the commander-in-chief. He said factions that do not join would have no place within the Popular Mobilization Forces, which he described as an Iraqi constitutional institution. A later phase is intended to review formations and deployment needs, weapons and equipment, and faction-linked economic activity and financing. It would also reorganize deployment areas and strengthen the presence of the Iraqi army and central forces. These remain planned measures under a roadmap announced to begin on October 1, with agreed timelines extending no later than June 30, 2027.

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