On 24 September, شفق نيوز reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that weapons outside state control could push Iraq toward fragmentation. The report attributed to him a call to end the presence of armed forces independent of state institutions. This is a press account of Rubio’s warning, rather than an announcement by an Iraqi faction.
- شفق نيوز24 Sept, 22:27
“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that keeping weapons outside state control could push Iraq toward ‘Balkanization’... calling for an end to armed forces independent of state institutions.”
حذر وزير الخارجية الأميركي ماركو روبيو من أن إبقاء السلاح خارج سيطرة الدولة قد يدفع العراق نحو "البلقنة" ... داعياً إلى إنهاء وجود القوى المسلحة المستقلة عن مؤسسات الدولة
a US readout repeating the warning by 27 September would confirm its reported wording; a faction statement addressing Rubio’s call by 30 September would establish a response; any of these moves this file.