The Militia Digest

Sadiqoun general-body member Hakim al-Muhammadawi (AAH — Sadiqoun) warned on Tuesday that failure to pass the PMF law would bring mass demonstrations, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official). He also pledged to stop those interfering with fighters’ and wounded personnel’s rights. Earlier that day, Sadiqoun MPs Zaman al-Tamimi and Wafaa al-Tai (AAH — Sadiqoun) had demanded an urgent investigation into reported assaults on wounded PMF protesters, with al-Tamimi addressing Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) placed the reported assaults near the Green Zone, on the suspension-bridge side toward al-Zawiya. Wounded PMF member Ahmed Saleh had alleged on Al-Ahad that Faleh al-Fayyad was obstructing salaries ordered paid by the prime minister and withholding protesters’ files from his office. Saleh also alleged that riot-control personnel beat protesters and a lieutenant colonel threatened arrest and torture. On Wednesday, MP Saad Shakir urged the government to expedite submission of the PMF Authority bill for upcoming parliamentary agendas.

Commander-in-Chief spokesman Sabah al-Numan said on Tuesday that most factions had responded positively to the 30 June 2027 deadline for bringing their weapons under state control, speaking at the MERI Forum in Erbil. He also said authorities would accommodate faction weapons while preventing activity outside state authority. On Wednesday, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, citing unnamed Iraqi sources, reported near-final understandings on handing faction weapons to the state by that deadline. Those sources said al-Zaidi had conveyed warnings of possible U.S. sanctions affecting PMF brigades. They also said he had warned faction leaders that retaining weapons would ultimately result in salaries being cut for fighters in four brigades. The near-final understandings .