Iraq opens firearms registration offices in push for state control

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How it spread - 5 original reports

1. Fri, 7 August 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)19:52first to report
     Iraq opens firearms registration offices in push for state control

     Government initiative seeks to license weapons, curb illicit arms trafficking and collect unregistered firearms nationwide

2. Sat, 8 August 2026

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   • hurriyetdailynews.com04:53
     Iraq expands weapons registration under state-control drive

     Iraq is expanding a nationwide network of offices for registering and licensing firearms as part of a government drive to bring weapons under state control, a senior security official has said.

3. Wed, 12 August 2026

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   • en.apa.az02:50
     Iraqi PM orders drafting of law to curb spread of weapons

     Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered the preparation of legislation aimed at restricting the uncontrolled spread of weapons across the country, according to the prime minister's office

4. Tue, 18 August 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)22:14
     Iraqi armed factions begin to disarm as part of state plan to regulate weapons

     Disarmament initiative isn't aimed at any particular factions or groups, security official says

5. Sun, 30 August 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)13:33
     Regulating weapons 'purely Iraqi decision,' says Badr Organization chief

     'There will be absolutely no clash between the state and the resistance,' Hadi al-Amiri says