On 18 September, Qasim al-Araji, security adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, said no deadline had been set for the committee tasked with bringing weapons under state control and called reports of a fixed timetable inaccurate. Kurdistan24 and Shafaq News separately carried the denial. Alhurra had previously reported that the government was treating 30 September as the start of a weapons-regulation process rather than its completion deadline.
- الحرة16 Sept, 19:14
“The Iraqi government is now treating 30 September 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.”
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.
- Kurdistan2418 Sept, 17:10
“Iraq has set no deadline for completing the process of bringing weapons under state control, Iraqi Prime Minister’s security adviser Qasim al-Araji said Friday.”
Iraq has set no deadline for completing the process of bringing weapons under state control, Iraqi Prime Minister’s security adviser Qasim al-Araji said Friday.
- شفق نيوز18 Sept, 18:50
“Qasim al-Araji denied that a deadline had been set for the committee tasked with bringing weapons under state control.”
Qasim al-Araji... denied on Friday that a deadline has been set for the committee tasked with bringing weapons under state control.