Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Nouri al-Maliki, Secretary-General of the Islamic Dawa Party and head of the State of Law Coalition, called on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, for a comprehensive national conference to establish a consensual roadmap for restricting weapons exclusively to state hands through structured dialogue.<\/p>\n
In an official statement released by the Islamic Dawa Party and reported across national media, the party reaffirmed its backing for Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, underscoring that the premier holds the unified support of national forces within the State Administration Coalition (SAC) and the Coordination Framework during a critical economic, security, and regional juncture.<\/p>\n
Key Policy Pillars & Political Declarations<\/p>\n
Dialogue-Based Arms Monopoly: Al-Maliki stated that establishing state control over weapons must occur via dialogue, mutual understanding, and national consensus\u2014not through political or media portrayals of internal confrontation.<\/p>\n
National Conference Initiative: Leveraging cross-factional relationships, al-Maliki proposed convening a broad national conference to build a secure, stable transition framework for integrating and regulating armed factions.<\/p>\n
Support for PM Al-Zaidi: The Islamic Dawa Party stressed that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi remains dedicated to political stability and constitutional governance, urging all coalition partners to actively back the cabinet through current domestic and regional challenges.<\/p>\n
Preserving Democratic Institutions: The statement emphasized that the post-2003 constitutional system, democratic pluralism, and peaceful transitions of power remain the only viable alternatives to authoritarianism, fragmentation, and civil strife.<\/p>\n
Integration of Resistance Fighters: Called for honoring the historical sacrifices of anti-terror and resistance fighters by utilizing their capabilities within official state defense and security institutions.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s statement follows a high-level diplomatic meeting on Tuesday, August 18, between al-Maliki and Joshua Harris, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.<\/p>\n
Their discussions reviewed the implementation of the U.S.\u2013Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement and ongoing federal initiatives to consolidate state security authority, with Harris commending al-Maliki\u2019s role in promoting political stabilization and dialogue across Iraqi political blocs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Nouri al-Maliki, Secretary-General of the Islamic Dawa Party and head of the State of Law…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,70577,94,70578,28895,70579,279,70580,70581],"class_list":["post-255855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-baghdad","tag-coordination-framework-state-administration-coalition-support-pm","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-national-conference-weapons-control","tag-isis-news","tag-islamic-dawa-party-statement-ali-al-zaidi","tag-islamic-state","tag-joshua-harris-nouri-al-maliki-us-embassy-baghdad","tag-nouri-al-maliki-state-arms-monopoly-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117121469849688573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255855","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=255855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}