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Al-Khazali warned that disarming these militias would compromise Iraq's defensive capabilities. He pointed to their pivotal role in countering ISIS in 2014.
![Leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais Khazali speaks to the press after casting his vote at a polling station during the early general elections in Baghdad, Iraq on 10 October 2021. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_330x185/public/1235797616.jpeg?h=bb50dc57&itok=BKSMr3K0)
