Muqtada al-Sadr freezes all armed factions in Iraq except one province
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi cleric and opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced the freezing of all his armed factions across Iraq, except the northern province of Salah al-Din.
Saleh Mohamed al-Iraqi, a leader of the Sadr’s movement, said the influential cleric also “banned the use of weapons in all provinces except Salah al-Din and Samarra city.”
It was not yet clear why Salah al-Din province was not included in the ban.
The move comes amid rising tensions in Iraq over the failure of Shia political groups to agree on the formation of a new government in Iraq since last year’s parliamentary elections.
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