Published On 5/27/2026
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Last update: 15:36 (Mecca time)
The leader of the Shiite National Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced today, Wednesday, the dissolution of the Peace Brigades from the movement he leads (the Shiite National Movement) and its joining of the state. In what appears to be a comment on this, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi called on all armed factions to join the state.
Al-Sadr said in a statement, “Based on the public interest of the nation, and to avoid the dangers facing the nation, it has become necessary for us to announce the complete disengagement of the Peace Brigades from the national Shiite movement and their complete joining of the state.”
He added that the civilian bodies attached to the brigades will turn into “a compact structure, without any headquarters, weapons, uniforms, address, or anything else.”
In his statement, Al-Sadr thanked the military formations of the Peace Brigades “for all their major and minor jihads,” expressing his hope that these formations would separate from “partisan and sectarian orders.”
Shortly after Al-Sadr’s statement, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi called on all armed factions to join the state and work under its umbrella to ensure the protection of Iraq.
He added that the state is the only body authorized to monopolize weapons and enforce the law.
The Peace Brigades is an armed Shiite organization founded by the leader of the Shiite National Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, in June 2014 to protect religious shrines and shrines after the Islamic State organization invaded Iraqi provinces such as Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Diyala.
The Sadrist movement, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, announced in 2024 that it would change its popular name to the “National Shiite Movement,” in a move that observers considered part of the movement to return to political action.
