Al Jazeera reported that Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada said it will only cooperate
with domestic weapons regulation if 10 conditions are met, chief among them a
complete US military withdrawal from Iraq. The Iran-linked group, with
longstanding ties to the IRGC, demands an end to any US military presence, a ban
on using Iraqi airspace to strike neighboring states, and says weapons may be
placed under state control only if Iraqi armed forces and air defenses are
simultaneously strengthened. Other conditions include withdrawal of PKK fighters
from Iraqi territory, federal control of Kurdish borders, and removal of Iranian
opposition groups stationed in northern Iraq.
