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 . Reports also said the Sinjar Resistance Units had , but the announced process has no start or completion date. September 30 , while the financial cutoff has now been denied officially and the weapons dialogue still has no established deadline.