Monday, 7 September 2026

The Federal Commission of Integrity said it issued 191 arrest warrants in August, including 27 arrest warrants and judicial summons involving high-ranking officials. It also said 78 suspects were caught in the act. The figures come amid a crackdown that started with a late-June raid in Baghdad’s Green Zone that led to the arrests of several senior officials. In August, the commission also announced a seven-year prison sentence for a senior Oil Ministry official over illicit enrichment of around $16.56 million. By late July, Baghdad had seized more than $125 million and 380 kilograms of gold and jewellery in the case involving detained Oil Ministry undersecretary Adnan al-Jumaili.

Parliament’s Security and Defense Committee said the PMF bill would reach parliament within 72 hours, although no parliamentary session or bill provisions were announced. That legislative timetable remains separate from negotiations over faction weapons. Alsumaria reported that Kataib Hezbollah and Nujaba told the government weapons committee they rejected an unspecified government deadline. It separately described Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Nujaba as holding to “no commitment and no surrender”, without producing full statements or naming speakers. Al-Akhbar said the Coordination Framework committee had failed and that “the resistance” would accept no deadlines. By contrast, Iraqi Media Development Center president Adnan al-Saraj told Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) that negotiations had reached advanced stages. Abu Alaa al-Walai (KSS — secretary-general) conditioned weapons regulation on “full and comprehensive sovereignty”.

Federal and Kurdistan Region security officials discussed expanding intelligence cooperation. Abdul Amir al-Shammari, director of the commander-in-chief’s office, chaired the meeting with a Peshmerga delegation. The two sides discussed border crossings, smuggling and infiltration. They also covered joint drills, anti-drug operations and handing wanted suspects to the judiciary. The talks also covered faster intelligence exchange through joint coordination centres. The meeting produced recommendations to strengthen security cooperation.

The Kurdistan Regional Government has asked Baghdad to raise its crude allocation from 50,000 to 140,000 barrels a day, saying the increase would allow petrol to be sold at 450 dinars a litre. The Ministry of Natural Resources said the current allocation did not meet the Region’s needs. As an alternative, it proposed that the federal Oil Ministry supply refined products equivalent to 140,000 barrels, while the KRG surrendered its 50,000-barrel allocation to Baghdad. The federal government rejected a request for another 15,000 barrels a day last week, citing strategic reserves at their minimum critical level and disrupted summer supply chains. Subsidised petrol in the Region sells for 750 dinars a litre, while commercial regular petrol reached about 1,750 dinars by late August. The new request therefore asks Baghdad for almost three times the existing allocation after the smaller increase was refused.

Al-Taif Islamic Bank clients protested in Baghdad over frozen funds during the bank’s liquidity crisis. Central Bank governor Nizar Nasser said the vast majority of banking deposits are guaranteed. He said the Central Bank would intervene within its powers and responsibilities in the event of disruption or a deficit. Nasser also put the currency in circulation at around 107 trillion dinars.

Alsumaria reported that Kataib Hezbollah and Nujaba told the government weapons committee they rejected a government deadline, without specifying the deadline. It separately characterized Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Nujaba as holding to “no commitment and no surrender”. Al-Akhbar said the Coordination Framework committee had failed and that “the resistance” would accept no deadlines. By contrast, Iraqi Media Development Center president Adnan al-Saraj told Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) that arms negotiations had reached advanced stages. KSS secretary-general Abu Alaa al-Walai conditioned weapons regulation on full and comprehensive sovereignty, wording carried by six militia channels. The parliamentary Security and Defense Committee separately said the PMF bill would reach parliament within 72 hours. The bill timetable and the reported weapons deadline remain separate tracks.

Al-Asas Parliamentary Bloc head Alaa al-Haidari said the PMF in Basra had been warned before a Saudi attack and that the blood shed must not pass peacefully. Five minutes later, Al-Ahad carried al-Ubaidi saying warning messages arrived before the PMF was struck, that failing to report them was a catastrophe and that the right to respond is guaranteed. Neither caption produced the alleged warnings. On the same channel, political researcher Kamel al-Kanani said Iraq had given 20 martyrs days ago. Reconstruction and Development Coalition political-bureau member Khalid Waleed instead proposed putting factions into a special force or another arrangement and said neither factions nor the state wanted confrontation. These were the speakers’ positions, not an AAH leadership statement.

Jehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) published matching first-person claims that an Iranian anti-destroyer missile was tested over a U.S. warship 48 hours earlier. Both said the missile caused the Americans to flee. The matching wording does not establish which party conducted the alleged test. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) separately posted imagery it said showed damage to two residences used by U.S. soldiers at Ali al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. The frame highlighted one structure and did not establish damage to two residences.

Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) said Al-Taif Bank was putting Iraqis’ money at risk. Two minutes later, Sabereen relayed a Central Bank statement that depositors’ funds were fully guaranteed. A press report of the governor’s statement instead said the vast majority of banking-sector deposits were guaranteed. Al-Ahad reported that the Central Bank had imposed guardianship on Al-Taif, opened a violations file and was containing the depositors’ crisis, but cited no notice specifying the measures. Al-Taif clients had also protested in Baghdad during the liquidity crisis. Sabereen’s fully guaranteed wording was broader than the governor’s reported formulation, while the bank-specific measures remain unspecified.

Al-Haidari also claimed that selecting Laith al-Khazali as deputy prime minister was Sadiqoun’s entitlement and said Americans had no right to object. No American official or state authority acknowledged an objection or appointment. Another Al-Ahad caption attributed to al-Haidari said the Education Ministry could go to Mohsen al-Mandalawi if deputy-premier posts were deemed unnecessary. A post demanding that the political map and ministries be redistributed named al-Haidari in its caption but Adel al-Jubouri on screen, leaving the speaker of the redistribution demand unresolved.