Iraq's Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has pledged to disarm Iran-backed militias and collect an estimated 6 million weapons. Baghdad recast 30 September as the start of a regulatory process after Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refused to surrender arms they call "resistance weapons".

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias

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Ali al-Zaidi is a political neophyte hoping to succeed where previous leaders failed. In an interview, he laid out an ambitious timeline that could prove hard to meet.

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias

Ali al-Zaidi is a political neophyte hoping to succeed where previous leaders failed. In an interview, he laid out an ambitious timeline that could prove hard to meet.

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Iraq to collect 6 million weapons despite pushback from Iran-backed militias

Baghdad recast 30 September — originally a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated 6 million weapons — as the start of the regulatory process as Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refuse to hand over what they call "resistance weapons".

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