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Story updateNew03 Oct, 09:56 BAGHDAD

Walai reassures Kurdistan over coalition withdrawal – The New Region

THE FILE10 SIGNALS · OPENED 15 Sept
  1. 15 Sept, 21:58Badr and Awafiya members split on Saudi strike
  2. 16 Sept, 13:44Ansar Allah al-Awfiya leader Ali al-Fatlawi gives contradictory strike accounts
  3. 24 Sept, 05:30Ansar Allah al-Awfiya leader Ali al-Fatlawi says PMF stands ready
  4. 24 Sept, 07:32Ansar Allah al-Awfiya leader al-Fatlawi conditions weapons handover on sovereignty
  5. 01 Oct, 10:41Ansar Allah al-Awfiya member Ali al-Fatlawi credits attacks for US withdrawal – وكالة الصحافة المستقلة
  6. 01 Oct, 19:53Ansar Allah al-Awfiya commits to ending operations under agreed timelines
  7. 01 Oct, 20:45Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada makes agreement compliance conditional
  8. 01 Oct, 23:48Awfiya mobilization official Abu Fatima al-Zaidawi promises sky and water liberation
  9. 03 Oct, 03:33Walai reassures Kurdistan over US withdrawal – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  10. 03 Oct, 11:42Walai reassures Kurdistan over coalition withdrawal – The New Region
WHAT HAPPENED

On 3 October, The New Region reported that Abu Alaa al-Walai, KSS’s secretary-general, described coalition withdrawal as no cause for concern for the Kurdistan Region. The report placed his reassurance alongside Kurdish authorities’ pursuit of stronger air defenses and closer security coordination with Baghdad amid continuing attacks.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. The New Region03 Oct, 09:56

    “The leader of Iraq’s pro-Iran Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada militia said Saturday that the withdrawal of the US-led coalition is “not a cause for concern” for the Kurdistan Region, as Kurdish authorities seek stronger air defenses and closer security coordination with Baghdad amid continued attacks on the Region.”

    The leader of Iraq’s pro-Iran Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada militia said Saturday that the withdrawal of the US-led coalition is “not a cause for concern” for the Kurdistan Region, as Kurdish authorities seek stronger air defenses and closer security coordination with Baghdad amid continued attacks on the Region.

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The contrast is between reassurance about withdrawal and demands for concrete defensive capacity, rather than evidence that Kurdish authorities have accepted the reassurance.