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IRAQ MONITOR · THE BRIEFING

The Daily Digest

SATURDAY, 15 AUGUST 2026 · EVENING EDITION

The Daily Digest

On 15 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried calls to investigate a reported Saudi strike on PMF sites and to question officials over PMF decisions and camp relocations; the channel’s interventions named no militia claim of responsibility for the reported strike. Iraq also formed a new command on the Saudi border after the PMF withdrawal, while the government fast-tracked air-defense upgrades following recent strikes. Separately, the Badr Organization (Iran-aligned Iraqi militia) rejected using force to disarm armed groups.

On the economy, Iran and Oman established a Strait of Hormuz navigation map; the latest PortWatch observation recorded one vessel transiting on 9 August. Separately, Iraq’s Oil Ministry signed with Japan’s JGC to resume the FCC project.

Iraq’s customs revenues reached $1.9 billion in the first seven months of 2026, with a separate report attributing record customs growth to ASYCUDA. The desk’s latest partner-mirror import reading was $3,099,044,681.902 in December 2024, while world wheat was $310 per metric ton in July.

THINGS TO WATCH

PortWatch publishes a Strait of Hormuz daily-transit reading above one vessellow likelihoodhigh impactThe Iran-Oman navigation arrangement follows a PortWatch observation of one vessel transiting the strait, so a subsequent recorded increase would show whether movement has begun to recover.

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