Shafaq News-Baghdad
Kataib Sayyidal-Shuhada (KSS) called on Thursday for Iraq's incoming government to enshrinefull national sovereignty as a core objective.
"The primeministership in Iraq is a constitutional entitlement representing the Shiacomponent," spokesman Kazem Habib al-Fartusi told Shafaq News, adding thatthe Coordination Framework (CF) —as representative of the Shia electorate— hadexercised that choice in line with the political imperatives of the currentphase.
Al-Fartusi saidthat resistance factions expect the new government's program to reflect genuineinvestment in the political process.
Last week, theUS State Department offered up to $10 million for information on the group'sleader, Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, also known as Abu Alaa al-Walai. Washington designated al-Saraji and KSS as Specially Designated GlobalTerrorists in November 2023, and further classified the group as a ForeignTerrorist Organization in September 2025.
According toinformation obtained by Shafaq News, the United States also conveyed objectionsthrough back-channel communications over al-Saraji's participation in the Frameworkmeetings convened to select the prime minister-designate.
The Framework,which holds 162 seats in parliament, functions simultaneously as the dominantShia political bloc and an umbrella for factions with armed wings. At least 55of its MPs are affiliated with the political branches of groups designated byWashington as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
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