The Militia Digest

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada’s Jihad Council denied Security and Defence Committee MP Ali Nuhair’s account that the faction had begun inventorying weapons for handover. Nuhair (Shibl al-Zaidi bloc) said documents reviewed by his bloc covered heavy weapons, missiles, drones and air-defence systems, with some equipment transferred to PMF warehouses. The council called that completely and categorically untrue and said he had no authority to speak for the faction. Zikra al-Radini (KSS — Muntasirun MP) and MP Jasim Atwan al-Musawi reinforced both points through iNEWS (KSS — affiliated), rejecting the inventory account and Nuhair’s authority. The direct denial hardens KSS’s stated position after spokesman Kadhim al-Fartousi rejected handing over weapons under what he called a government deadline and Falih al-Khazali endorsed ten conditions on any process.

Shabakat al-Sa'a Media alleged on 16 September that a secret cable described Saudi intent to strike PMF headquarters. About ninety minutes later, Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated), Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) carried the Defence Ministry’s denial that it had issued such a cable. The ministry said the circulated document was forged and rested on no official ministry document or source. Al-Quds then shortened that into an Iraqi denial that Saudi Arabia intended to attack the PMF. The ministry rejected the cable’s authenticity, not Saudi intent itself. Al-Kornet separately attributed to unspecified media an allegation that Saudi intelligence was preparing a U.S.-aircraft operation against Mecca and warned that an attack on holy sites could prompt an “exceptional response”. Seven channels also carried Yemeni Armed Forces claims of missile and drone strikes on Aramco in Yanbu and Khamis Mushait Air Base, . Seven channels separately amplified Yemeni claims that an F-15 and a Wing Loong 2 were downed over Ma’rib, although .