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    — 🇮🇶/🇮🇶 NEW: The Iraqi Shiite militia ‘Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haqq’ announces it will integrate fully with the Iraqi Armed Forces

    They are the second militia to do so, following Saraya Al-Salam led by Muqtada Al-Sadr.

    Iraq now has a proper government and ISIS is no longer around, so many of these militias see no purpose in being independent.

    @Middle_East_Spectator

    https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/32728

    — 🇮🇶/🇮🇶 NEW: Katai’b Imam Ali (Imam Ali Brigades) also announce their integration into the Iraqi Armed Forces

    @Middle_East_Spectator

    https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/32729

    More differing analysis in replies.

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    My Own Breif Perspective

    The Iraqi state is not to be trusted until it is able to completely remove US influence and interference with the country. I think MES gives too much credence to a government that has little to no legitimacy, and that for now, militias should avoid being subsumed by the army.

    It was threats from the Iraqi resistance to Jolani that likely kept Syria out of the assault on Lebanon. The Iraqi government would never do something like that, and the resistance would have suffered for it.

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      PERSPECTIVE OF IntelSlava ALSO SHARED BY SimurgRes in response to MES

      🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇶❗️— This is a narrow-minded analysis made to strategize the movements of Iraqi militia groups, while the writer is unaware of the intelligence and insider movements behind these changes.

      Let me tell you: after the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, almost everyone from Iraqi Shia leaders who had fortunes and financial interests in Western countries was afraid to face the same Venezuelan-style regime change in Iran overnight. That is why most of them joined the Israeli axis and subordinated to U.S. and Israeli demands to protect their wealth and their lives, because they were also afraid of assassination.

      • After Iranian political leaders disappeared and the state became a militarized regime run by IRGC hardliners, most Iraqi militia leaders believed Iran was gone. However, Iran endured and resisted the war well, shockingly surviving strongly in an unexpected way.

      • That is why only some Shia movements remained loyal to their values and Iran: Kata’ib Hezbollah, Saraya Awliya al-Dam, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and Al-Nujaba. Currently, they are the only loyal Iraqi Shia forces inside the Axis of Resistance.

      • The current Iraqi Shia government, run by Ali Zaidi, has been most influenced by Israel since 2003. There are many insiders and handlers behind this Government who are directly affiliated with Israel.

      @IntelSlava

      https://t.me/intelslava/88356

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      • Kata’ib Hezbollah
      • Saraya Awliya al-Dam
      • Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
      • Al-Nujaba

      The remaining resistance factions have suspended talks on surrendering their weapons until July, the date set for the final withdrawal of US forces from Iraq. This is a condition of the current truce with the Iraqi resistance.

      @SimurghRes

      https://t.me/SimurghRes/5214

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      PERSPECTIVE OF MES

      — 🇮🇶/🇮🇶 For those wondering why many Iraqi militias are handing over their weapons to the state:

      – Most of the Iraqi Shia militias were formed in response to the U.S. occupation that started in 2003, and ISIS which appeared in 2013/14.

      – Since ISIS was fully defeated and expelled from Iraqi territory in 2020, and the U.S. was forced to withdraw from most of Iraq in 2025, there is no real purpose for these militias anymore.

      – The Iraqi government, which is now led by Ali Al-Zaidi (a Shia Muslim) has made significant investments in the Armed Forces and is now somewhat capable of defendings its own territory against most threats.

      – The Iraqi government is not like the Lebanese government which does not defend its own territory against foreign occupation. The reason Hezbollah exists is because Lebanon has shown itself incapable of dealing with the Zionist threat. But the situation in Iraq is fundamentally different.

      – Therefore, many of the militias have chosen to integrate (not disband) into the Iraqi Armed Forces. Meaning, they will still exist, but they will become fully part of the Iraqi Armed Forces and operate under their command.

      – However, some militias have decided they will remain independent. For example, Kata’ib Hezbollah, and Saraya Awliyaa Al-Damm (Guardians of the Blood Brigades) which carried out drone and missile attacks against American bases and Israel. These groups, very ideologically aligned with Iran and Wilayat Al-Faqih, see it as their duty to do more than just defend Iraq — in fact they see it as their duty defend Islam as a whole. Therefore they will continue existing independently to aid other Muslims in Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran whenever they deem necessary.

      @Middle_East_Spectator

      https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/32730