On 9 September, Reuters reported that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had pledged to disarm powerful factions by 30 September, the scheduled date for the remaining coalition withdrawal. 964media subsequently quoted security adviser Qasim al-Araji saying the date applied only to the coalition and reported a political assessment that bringing weapons under state control would not be completed by then; another report said the governing Shia alliance was discussing storing faction weapons in Iran.
- شبكة أخبار الشرق09 Sept, 13:34
“Iraq’s governing Shia alliance is discussing transferring the weapons of powerful armed factions to Iran for storage.”
يناقش التحالف الشيعي الحاكم في العراق، نقل أسلحة فصائل مسلحة قوية إلى إيران لتخزينها
- 964media09 Sept, 16:20
“Security adviser Qasim al-Araji said last month that “Sept. 30 is allocated to the coalition only.””
Security adviser Qasim al-Araji said last month that “Sept. 30 is allocated to the coalition only”
- swissinfo.ch09 Sept, 17:52
“Al-Zaidi pledged to disarm these powerful factions by 30 September, the same date scheduled for the withdrawal of the remaining U.S.-led international coalition forces from Iraq.”
تعهد الزيدي بنزع سلاح هذه الفصائل القوية بحلول 30 سبتمبر أيلول، وهو نفس الموعد المقرر لانسحاب ما تبقى من قوات التحالف الدولي بقيادة الولايات المتحدة من العراق.