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.”
وتواصل مليشيات "كتائب حزب الله"، و"حركة النجباء"، و"كتائب سيد الشهداء"، وأنصار الله الأوفياء"، و"البدلاء"... رفض تسليم سلاحها، وتحديداً الطائرات المسيرة، والصواريخ بعيدة المدى
The reporting divergence changes the immediate point of dispute from compliance by 30 September to whether a phased process merely begins on that date. Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada’s denial directly contests one reported implementation measure: inventorying systems and transferring equipment to PMF warehouses.