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

· By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
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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…

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