The Militia Digest

Baghdad’s Security Media Cell said an intelligence committee is still trying to identify who carried out the 11 September drone attack on Saudi East–West Pipeline facilities, which Riyadh said came from Iraq. Commander-in-chief spokesman Sabah al-Numan said authorities had located 15 drone-launch platforms, while Security Media Cell chief Saad Maan said investigators were examining technical, forensic and fingerprint evidence. Ali al-Fatlawi (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — leader) told Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) there was no evidence factions conducted the attack, suggested Ukraine or Israel might have used internal tools and said factional retaliation remained deferred. MP Ali Anhir told Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) that Israel struck Saudi Arabia from Maysan. Baa Platform (Badr Organization — official) said an Aramco strike was ready to be repeated and warned people near refineries to stay miles away. Riyadh reportedly paused retaliation at Baghdad’s request, while Baghdad pledged legal action and said Iraqi territory and airspace would not be used against neighbouring states.

Separately, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s financial adviser Mazhar Mohammed Saleh denied reports that Washington would halt monthly dollar transfers unless armed factions surrendered their weapons by 30 September. Saleh said there was no formal U.S. demand and called the reports rumours without a factual basis. The original report cited two Iraqi government sources, who said the warning was delivered to al-Zaidi in Washington. An unnamed U.S. administration official separately said Washington fully supported faction disarmament and the transfer of weapons to the federal government. Al-Sharq carried a headline saying faction arsenals would remain until 2028. Alaa al-Khatib, secretary-general of the Sun Party, told iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) that U.S. forces would remain and factions would not surrender. Reports also said the Sinjar Resistance Units had agreed to hand over weapons and enter federal forces, but the announced process has no start or completion date. September 30 remains the scheduled coalition-departure date, while the financial cutoff has now been denied officially and the weapons dialogue still has no established deadline.

In Basra, Governor Asaad al-Eidani formed a technical, legal and administrative committee to investigate Sunday evening’s ammonia leak at the Khor al-Zubair fertilizer plant, which the Health Ministry said killed two people and injured 114. Industry Ministry undersecretary Nasser Kazem Jabr said it was too early to determine the cause. The Health Ministry said 21 people remained in hospital on Monday. Rafiq al-Salihi (AAH — Sadiqoun MP) said lawmakers would form a parliamentary committee, question the industry minister and seek the strongest penalties if negligence were established. Falih al-Khazali (KSS — Muntasirun bloc head) had held company management responsible. Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) carried workers’ claims that investment threatened 5,000 jobs and their demands to dismiss senior managers. The leak now has two stated oversight tracks, but responsibility remains undetermined.

Separately in Saudi Arabia, Al-Kornet al-Kata’ibi (KSS — affiliated) reported air-raid sirens in Khamis Mushait and Abha before reporting a rocket salvo toward Asir. Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) said rockets were launched from Yemen toward Khamis Mushait. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said the Houthis fired ballistic missiles and drones at Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif, injuring 13 civilians. The Houthis said they fired dozens of missiles and drones at the Khamis Mushait airbase. Since 8 September, 11 of 33 across five networks have surged on Khamis Mushait. Both channel accounts named Khamis Mushait, while the Houthi and coalition statements supplied the wider account of missiles, drones and three cities.