On 18 September, legal expert Abbas al-Aqabi, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), said the purpose of resistance weapons had ended after security stabilized, investment depended on regulating weapons, the government would legally treat them as illegitimate after 30 September and legislation governing their restriction should be enacted before that date. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) added outlet-authored captions describing state control of weapons as consolidating centralization and 30 September as a sovereignty milestone associated with ending the foreign presence. Press reports identify 30 September 2026 as the end of the U.S.-led coalition mission and a government weapons deadline, although another report says Baghdad now treats it as the beginning of a gradual regulation process.
- Alhurra16 Sept, 19:14
“The Iraqi government is now treating September 30 as the start of a process to regulate faction weapons rather than the deadline for placing them under state control.”
The Iraqi government is now treating Sept. 30 as the start of a process to regulate weapons held by armed factions, rather than as the deadline for bringing those weapons under state control.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official17 Sept, 21:55
“It is wrong to link the Americans’ departure to weapons regulation... There is no Coordination Framework consensus on regulating and restricting weapons on 30 September.”
من الخطأ الربط بين جلاء الأمريكان وتنظيم السلاح... لا يوجد اجماع إطاري على تنظيم وحصر السلاح في 30 ايلول
- Malaysia Sun18 Sept, 03:10
“Iraq faces two end-of-September deadlines: the end of the U.S. military presence and a government demand that non-state armed groups surrender their weapons.”
Iraq is facing two major deadlines at the end of September: the end of the decades-long U.S. military presence and a government demand for non-state armed groups to give up their weapons.