Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah announces suspension of military activities

The leader of Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah, Ahmad al-Hamdawi, announced that military activities will be suspended "with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country’s airspace" , The Associated Press reported. Separately, Jaafar al-Husseini, a spokesperson for the umbrella group, said that negotiations with the government regarding the regulation of weapons had failed to yield an agreement. "The weapons of the Resistance will remain as a trust in the hands of the fighters," al-Husseini said, adding that they would remain directed against any enemy that targets Iraq and its people.