Weapons and Withdrawal Conditions from Kataib Hezbollah to the Iraqi Government

According to the statement of Kataib Hezbollah Security Officer Abu Mujahid Asaf, the organization will discuss any arrangement with the Iraqi government regarding weapons only if US troops are completely withdrawn from Iraqi territory and airspace, assurances are given that they will not return, and the country's political and economic decisions are removed from American hegemony.

Other conditions of the organization are the withdrawal of the Turkish Armed Forces from Iraq and the abolition of the Peshmerga Forces. Asaf also sent a harsh message to Prime Minister Ali Falih al Zaidi. Asaf accused the government of raiding the homes of martyrs and wounded members of the organization under the direct control of the USA and threatened that they would respond in the same way to similar operations.

The Baghdad administration had announced that after September 30, armed groups operating outside the state would lose political and religious protection and be treated as terrorist organizations.