{"id":153588,"date":"2026-06-10T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/153588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:46:13","slug":"pm-al-zaidi-reaffirms-drive-to-disarm-iraqi-armed-groups-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/153588\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Al-Zaidi reaffirms drive to disarm Iraqi armed groups &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-10T08:12:37+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Wednesday reaffirmed the<br \/>\ngovernment\u2019s push to place all weapons under state control, linking the<br \/>\ninitiative to broader goals of security, sovereignty, and long-term stability.<\/p>\n<p>Marking the anniversary of ISIS\u2019s capture of Mosul, the capital of<br \/>\nNineveh province, al-Zaidi restated that the policy remains firmly in place as<br \/>\nauthorities pursue parallel tracks of reconstruction, economic reform, and<br \/>\nnationwide development aimed at improving living standards and expanding<br \/>\nopportunities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite major challenges, Iraq remained resilient, with Iraqis uniting<br \/>\nacross communities to fight ISIS,\u201d he added, crediting the Iraqi Armed Forces,<br \/>\nthe Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), and the Peshmerga for efforts that led<br \/>\nto the liberation of territory and the defeat of ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/On-ISIS-defeat-anniversary-Iraq-confronts-a-reawakening-insurgency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">group<\/a> seized Mosul in 2014, marking one of Iraq\u2019s most significant<br \/>\nterritorial losses and prompting a nationwide military and political response.<br \/>\nIn the following years, Iraqi forces, including the army, the Peshmerga, and<br \/>\nthe PMF, launched a coordinated campaign to retake territory. Grand Ayatollah<br \/>\nAli al-Sistani issued a call for Iraqis to defend the country, helping mobilize<br \/>\nwide participation in the fight. Mosul was eventually retaken in 2017, leading<br \/>\nto the collapse of ISIS\u2019s territorial control in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Iraq-to-place-armed-factions-weapons-under-state-control-What-we-know-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Iraq to place armed factions&#8217; weapons under state control: What we know so far<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-10T08:12:37+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[49138,14113,46949,94,491,49137],"class_list":["post-153588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-ali-al-zadi","tag-armed-factions","tag-disarmament-process","tag-iraq","tag-isis","tag-pm-al-zaidi-reaffirms-drive-to-disarm-iraqi-armed-groups"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116724943260884085","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}