Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Minister of Health and National Approach Alliance (Al-Nahj Al-Watani, formerly Al-Fadhila) leader Abdul Hussein Al-Musawi addressed growing political divisions among Shiite leadership regarding the federal mandate to restrict weapons strictly to state control on Sunday, August 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Speaking in a televised interview with journalist Zainab Rabiee monitored by the 964 Network, Al-Musawi\u2014a key figure within the ruling Coordination Framework\u2014emphasized that armed factions represent patriotic Iraqis who made monumental sacrifices during the war against ISIS.<\/p>\n
However, he firmly defended the government\u2019s disarmament initiative, stating that anyone denying that weapons restriction is a formally approved parliamentary program suffers from \u201ccognitive strabismus\u201d (intellectual blindness).<\/p>\n
Key Takeaways from Al-Musawi\u2019s Statements<\/p>\n
State Monopoly on Arms is Law: Al-Musawi stressed that restricting weapons to state institutions is not an arbitrary executive decision, but a core government program explicitly voted on and passed by the Iraqi Parliament.<\/p>\n
Direct Dialogue with Factions: He called for candid, unmediated conversations with armed factions, warning against \u201cviewing the future through the lens of the past\u201d and urging groups to adapt to current political realities.<\/p>\n
Preventing Economic Isolation: Citing Iran\u2019s struggles under international sanctions, Al-Musawi warned that maintaining rogue armed structures risks plunging Iraq into global economic isolation and targeted blockades.<\/p>\n
U.S. Coalition Drawdown: He noted that foreign military forces have largely completed their exit from Iraq, claiming remaining U.S. and coalition personnel now number fewer than 60 across the country.<\/p>\n
Al-Musawi\u2019s remarks highlight deepening friction within Shiite political circles as Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi\u2019s administration approaches its September 30 deadline for non-state armed groups to hand over heavy weaponry or fully integrate into state security organs.<\/p>\n
While hardline factional leaders continue to push back against full integration, moderate framework figures like Al-Musawi are increasingly advocating for pragmatic compliance to safeguard Iraq\u2019s financial system, maintain international investment, and establish full institutional sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Minister of Health and National Approach Alliance (Al-Nahj Al-Watani, formerly Al-Fadhila) leader Abdul Hussein Al-Musawi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[67913,67914,34,94,67915,28895,279,67916,67917],"class_list":["post-243266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-abdul-hussein-al-musawi-national-approach-alliance-2026","tag-coordination-framework-militia-integration","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-militia-disarmament-september-30","tag-isis-news","tag-islamic-state","tag-shiite-political-rift-weapons-state-control","tag-us-coalition-troop-departure-iraq"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117070961465549570","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243266","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=243266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}