On 18 September, Al-Araby al-Jadeed reported that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s government had set 30 September for factions to surrender weapons, but that Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and al-Badala continued to reject transferring drones and long-range missiles or withdrawing from areas under their control. Alhurra had reported on 16 September that Baghdad was instead treating 30 September as the start of a weapons-regulation process. Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada separately denied an MP’s account that it had inventoried heavy weapons, missiles, drones and air-defence systems or transferred equipment to PMF warehouses.
- 964media16 Sept, 14:31
“Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada denied a lawmaker’s claim that it inventoried heavy weapons, missiles, drones and air-defence systems and transferred some to PMF warehouses, calling the account “completely and categorically untrue.””
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada has denied a lawmaker’s claim that it inventoried heavy weapons, missiles, drones and air defence systems and transferred some to Popular Mobilization Forces warehouses, calling the account “completely and categorically untrue.”
- الحرة16 Sept, 19:14
“The Iraqi government is now treating 30 September as the start of a process to regulate faction weapons rather than the deadline for bringing 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.
- العربي الجديد18 Sept, 04:00
“Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, al-Badala and other groups continue to reject surrendering their weapons, specifically drones and long-range missiles.”