The Militia Digest

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s security adviser Qasim al-Araji said the committee bringing weapons under state control has no fixed completion deadline. He said the Coordination Framework formed the committee and al-Zaidi directly supervises it. Once the process is complete, anyone carrying weapons illegally will face the law and be treated as a terrorist. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) relayed the same no-deadline formulation. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) tied 30 September to the end of foreign military presence, while government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi called the coalition mission’s end that day a sovereignty milestone. The government has therefore separated an open-ended weapons process from the fixed coalition date. Shafaq News, citing a government source, nevertheless reported that al-Zaidi would ask President Donald Trump to postpone possible financial or economic measures if factional weapons remained unresolved after 30 September. On Saturday, $100 sold for IQD 160,250 in Baghdad, while Eco Iraq listed concern over possible U.S. sanctions and post-30 September weapons developments among several factors behind the dollar’s rise.

The PMF said its Investigations and Preventive Security Directorate arrested a judicially wanted person in Kirkuk. It said preliminary information allegedly indicated links to former ISIS members and leaders. Separately, the PMF said Brigade 27 intelligence and its Intelligence and Information Directorate for allegedly promoting the banned Baath Party. . Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) identified in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad. Al-Ghadeer described a rapid sweep there, while Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) called it . Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) also reported the rapid sweep, although . The channel accounts agree on PMF activity in Tarmiyah but differ over its scale and the identification of the unit.