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'Resistance has won this round:' Kataib Hezbollah denies disarmament deal after US troops leave Iraq

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The powerful Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group has denied an understanding was reached with Iraq 's Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi regarding the disarmament of militias, hours after the departure of US troops from the country. In a statement, Kataib Hezbollah secretary general Abu Hussein Al Hamidawi said “the resistance has won this round, and the victor is the one who imposes his conditions on the enemy”, referring to the withdrawal of the US-led coalition from Iraq on Wednesday. The September 30 deadline for the withdrawal was initially tied to the disarmament of militias but was pushed back to June next year. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the umbrella group of influential Iran-backed militias, said late on Wednesday it had been in negotiations for more than 40 days via a quadripartite committee formed by the Co-ordination Framework to discuss organising its weapons in return for full sovereignty, but had not received a government response. “The resistance's weapons will remain as a

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