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Al-Sharaa's rule, however, has been marred by killings of members of Syria's Alawite minority, as well as by deadly violence between Sunni Bedouin fighters and Druze militias.

Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.

Bai was appointed the chairman of Laukkaing district and his family came to command a 2,000-strong militia, Chinese media reported.

In the interview, Sudani said the militias are now “an official security institution” subject to orders from the government.

On Sunday Iraq’s Defense Minister said he received a “final warning” from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his country’s Iran-backed Shiite militias must sit out any renewed conflict in the region.