On 18 September, RojNews reported that stalled negotiations could prompt Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi to close faction headquarters after a 30 September deadline, while Al-Araby al-Jadeed reported no negotiating progress and said Kataib Hezbollah, Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and al-Badala still rejected surrendering drones and long-range missiles. Alhurra instead reported that Baghdad was treating 30 September as the start of a weapons-regulation process, and 964media said its general principles would be announced in early October and implemented gradually.
- Alhurra16 Sept, 19:14
“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.”
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.
- 964media17 Sept, 10:07
“The government will announce the general principles of its weapons plan at the beginning of October and implement them gradually afterwards.”
The government will announce the general principles of its weapons plan at the beginning of October and implement them gradually afterwards.
- Al-Araby al-Jadeed18 Sept, 04:00
“Less than two weeks remain before the 30 September deadline set by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi’s government for Iraqi factions to surrender their weapons to the state, but no progress has been achieved in negotiations. Kataib Hezbollah, Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and al-Badala continue to reject surrendering their weapons, specifically drones and long-range missiles.”