The Militia Digest

Akram al-Kaabi (Nujaba — secretary-general) called on Iraqis and religious-service groups to prepare for sit-ins at Iraqi airports if flights with Iran did not resume and what he called U.S. dominance did not end. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried his call under his name. A Tourism Daily News headline extended it to airports across the region, although Kaabi named Iraqi airports and the article described sit-ins inside Iraq. Separately, Al-Ghadeer TV announced a gathering at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square later today, from 3 to 6 p.m. under a pledge to martyrs; its notice did not name the flight restrictions. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) announced a Basra Corniche gathering later today at 4 p.m. against government measures affecting Iranians, starting opposite the Teaching Hospital emergency department. It also posted a protest notice for Najaf’s 20th Revolution overpasses on 28 September at 5 p.m., which Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) reproduced. Najaf airport suspended flights to and from Iran on Friday, on a directive an airport source said came from the prime minister’s office. The dated street gatherings are distinct from Kaabi’s conditional airport sit-in call.

The prime minister’s office said Iraq was in direct talks with the United States over exemptions for some Iraqi airports, seeking to restore flights for medical treatment, education, pilgrimages and other civilian needs. KSS secretary-general Abu Alaa al-Walai urged MPs to pass a resolution requiring the government not to yield to U.S. pressure over measures affecting Iran. First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fayhan said parliament was ready for an extraordinary session if the flight decision was not reversed, and proposed oversight steps. MP Ahmad al-Mubarraq proposed collecting signatures for a parliamentary order to reverse the decision, while Al-Asas bloc head MP Alaa al-Haidari said an urgent parliamentary effort had formed. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried four Sadiqoun MPs seeking the restrictions’ reasons, legal basis, issuer and consequences for travellers. Qais al-Khazali (AAH — secretary-general) called for a unified public, parliamentary and government position to lift the restrictions; his description of Iraq as participating in a wider siege was his own. Badr officials demanded immediate reversal, while Badr bloc spokesman MP Hamed Abbas said efforts were moving toward a resolution. Parliament has announced neither a resolution nor an extraordinary session.

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi told the UN that the state must decide matters of peace and war and bring weapons under state authority. Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) then carried Hoquq MP Mohammed Jabar al-Hasnawi’s reply: confine decisions to the state, not weapons. Kurdistan24 reported a phased plan with a 30 June 2027 deadline; that date was not in al-Zaidi’s quoted UN remarks. Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said talks with armed factions about weapons handover were ongoing, while Al-Arabiya reported that negotiations could last months to avoid confrontation. Mukhtar al-Mousawi, a parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee member speaking on Al-Ahad TV, said Washington understood that organizing weapons would take time; that was his account of Washington’s position. Al-Ahad TV captioned 30 September as the end of the military presence, while former MP Raed al-Maliki said Iraq should not celebrate it as “Sovereignty Day” if the government enforced the aviation restrictions. The coalition mission’s scheduled end on 30 September is not a weapons-handover deadline.