The Militia Digest

Sadiqoun MP Salem al-Abbsawi (AAH) said on Thursday that the bloc had formally written to parliament’s presidency to establish the fate of the delayed PMF bill. Speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), he said MPs had collected signatures seeking reasons for the government’s delay in sending it to parliament. The letter followed Sadiqoun’s Tuesday request for an explanation after cabinet approval on 29 September. On Al-Ahad, Reconstruction and Development Coalition member Ali al-Obaidi also called for government clarification. Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee member Alaa al-Haidari separately urged faster passage, saying the law had been delayed considerably.

Former MP Razzaq al-Haidari argued on Friday that resistance weapons should be preserved as a source of strength for Iraq. He accused American actors of trying to discredit those weapons to secure their abandonment. Kurdistan24 meanwhile reported that US Presidential Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack had proposed an end-of-June disarmament deadline while speaking in Doha on Thursday. Barrack said disarmament required negotiated arrangements for what would replace the armed groups. He did not specify the year or announce a completed agreement. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had already .