Kataib Hezbollah rejects Iraqi PM's weapons disarmament ultimatum

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, new spokesman for Kataib Hezbollah, is attacking Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi over an ultimatum for Iran-aligned militias to hand weapons to the state by September 30 or face military confrontation. Al-Assaf: "Our patience is running out over the prime minister's provocative and irresponsible actions." His conditions for disarmament are a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and a Turkish withdrawal from the north. He also called for the Kurdish Peshmerga to be dissolved.