Iraq – Experts: Unlicensed and out of state arms must be disarmed

Baghdad – Iraq 30/07/2020

Experts emphasized that the Iraqi state cannot control the security situation in the country unless it controls the factions and armed groups, experts explained that the fugitive weapon became widespread in Iraq even in the issue of tribal disputes and in weddings and consolation, and that the Iraqi state lost control over the inventory of arms in its hands, also, the parties and clans possess different medium and light weapons, for self-defense because of the weakness of the state, stressing that the issue must be taken seriously and start with the disarmament of unlicensed and officially outside the state framework, especially from political parties as they are the ruling parties in the country, adding that the attempt of the state to control the security situation restores its prestige and maintains its security and stability.