Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Monday it has created an information database to register around 6 million weapons across the country. It did not immediately provide further details on the locations of the closed offices or the mechanism used to collect data on the weapons. On Friday, Iraqi authorities opened firearms registration and licensing offices across the country as part of a government plan to bring weapons under state control. On June 3, military spokesman Sabah al-Numan announced the formation of a committee tasked with implementing the government’s plan to bring weapons under state control, saying it had begun its work. Weapons outside state control remain one of Iraq’s most pressing security and political challenges.