Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service- Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Shiite National Movement, strongly criticized the performance of the armed groups and announced that the behavior of the "dishonorable militias" and the fact that weapons are out of the control of the government are the cause of the illegal killing of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Iraqi security forces.
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - Following Moqtada Sadr's decision to place "Saraya al-Salam" under the umbrella of the government, Ali Zaidi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, described this action as an important step in the direction of establishing the rule of law and the monopoly of weapons in the hands of the government.