https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-23/evening Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:03:58.638Z The Briefing — Sunday, 23 August 2026, evening edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-23/morning Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T08:04:58.451Z The Briefing — Sunday, 23 August 2026, morning edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-22/evening Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:11:38.005Z The Briefing — Saturday, 22 August 2026, evening edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-22/morning Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T09:05:14.773Z The Briefing — Saturday, 22 August 2026, morning edition https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-aah-s-sadiqoun-bloc-used-al-ahad-tv-to-threaten-to-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z Sadiqoun MPs move on Fayyad, then deny targeting him https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-aired-khalid-abu-iraq-promising-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z Nujaba channel pushes Khanjar corruption file, elevates Halbousi https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-reported-popular-mobilization-forces-en-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z KSS channel reports PMF firefight and readiness at Tuz Khurmatu https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-al-ahad-tv-sadiqoun-mp-al-jurani-asserted-aah-s-claim-to-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z Sadiqoun stakes ministry claims and vetoes Atta for Interior https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-broadcast-khalid-abu-iraq-sayin-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z Nujaba channel airs threat to cut Baghdad–Erbil roads and trade https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-jurani-defined-weapons-confinement-as-state-custody-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T19:47:02.966Z AAH calls arms confinement state custody; Nujaba calls it an American demand https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-amplified-mp-saad-al-awadi-calling-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T18:58:25.101Z KH-aligned channel pushes Baghdad to answer Saudi "intervention" https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-carried-mp-m-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T18:58:25.101Z Khafaji defends resistance weapons on Al-Janoub TV https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-aired-khalid-abu-iraq-mocking-k-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T18:58:25.101Z Nujaba TV mocks Khanjar over access to Jurf al-Nasr https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-reported-mp-diaa-al-zaidi-saying-t-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T18:58:25.101Z KH flags PMF law vote as AAH moves salary bill https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-three-consecutive-items-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T18:58:25.101Z AAH channel presses Fayyadh over unwarned PMF brigade https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-carried-two-pmf-law-items-ten-minutes-a-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T17:42:44.333Z KSS-aligned channel pushes parliament to settle the PMF law https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kss-affiliated-inews-reported-that-parliament-intends-to-hol-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T16:54:33.142Z KSS channel flags three parliament sessions without PMF law https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-reported-first-deputy-speaker-adnan-faihan-discus-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T16:54:33.142Z Faihan convenes minority representatives on Yazidi Survivors Law https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-ran-a-two-part-basra-report-saying-a-caretaker-go-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T16:54:33.142Z AAH television opens accountability file on Basra palace investment https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/political-analyst-muhammad-al-husseini-told-al-ahad-tv-that-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T16:54:33.142Z AAH channel airs claim Fayyadh hid attack on PMF sites https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-carried-maysan-mp-jawad-rahim-al-saadi-saying-s-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T15:45:45.680Z Al-Janoub TV airs Maysan MP putting electricity at top of urgent files https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/press-reports-place-sudani-in-a-meeting-with-nujaba-as-a-thr-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T14:47:53.426Z Sudani meets Nujaba as committee takes up weapons file https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-ran-two-reports-within-nine-minute-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:56:20.599Z KH channel puts tribes and Karbala street against disarmament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-badr-organization-official-relayed-a-defence-m-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:56:20.599Z Badr channel carries 30 September coalition withdrawal deadline https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-carried-moha-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:56:20.599Z Assessed: Jihad wal-Bina channel carries Halbousi land-distribution pledge https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-promoted-a-planned-contract-employ-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:56:20.599Z KH channel promotes Finance Ministry protest by contract staff https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-al-ittijah-tv-and-watan-tv-reported-within-fort-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:21:17.181Z PMF opens three-axis Nineveh sweep; three faction channels carry it https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-reported-that-nujaba-s-nineveh-office-took-part-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:21:17.181Z Nujaba puts its Nineveh office behind tribal anti-disarmament gathering https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-reported-that-hadi-al-amiri-received-a-kurdist-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T13:21:17.181Z Amiri hosts Zebari-led KDP delegation on Baghdad-Erbil files https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/huquq-bloc-mp-miqdad-al-khafaji-told-al-ittijah-tv-kh-offici-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T11:46:53.115Z KH MP ties any weapons talk to end of occupation https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-affiliated-sabereen-news-and-unit-10-000-ca-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T11:46:53.115Z KH channels run Korek court win and debt allegation together https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-hakim-per-press-reporting-told-the-us-charge-d-affaires-t-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T11:46:53.115Z Al-Hakim urges faction arms be handed to PMF Commission https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-s-mp-said-the-government-has-completed-the-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T11:46:53.115Z KH bloc claims PMF law imminent, 70 signatures to summon PM https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kss-affiliated-inews-and-badr-organization-s-al-ghadeer-tv-e-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T10:47:47.323Z Two faction outlets report PMF repelling attack in Tuz Khurmatu https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-affiliated-unit-10-000-and-kss-affiliated-al-kornet-al-ka-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T10:47:47.323Z KH and KSS channels refer Khamis al-Khanjar to Iraqi state bodies https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-and-al-ghadeer-tv-published-word-for-word-ident-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T09:53:55.211Z Nujaba and Badr channels report Muthanna desert redeployment in identical words https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-badr-organization-official-and-sabereen-news-k-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T08:57:34.319Z Three faction networks push Baghdad worker protests within the hour https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-s-al-ittijah-tv-broadcast-live-from-the-baghdad-contract-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T08:00:08.217Z Two faction channels work the contract-hiring fight from opposite ends https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/the-pmf-said-a-63rd-brigade-force-engaged-isis-attackers-on-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T07:10:00.881Z PMF says 63rd Brigade repels ISIS assault at Tuz Khurmatu https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-and-al-ittijah-tv-carried-the-integrity-commis-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T07:10:00.881Z Badr and KH flagships run identical Integrity Commission hospital line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-and-kh-affiliated-sabereen-news-reported-protes-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T07:10:00.881Z Militia channels film PMF contract protesters stopped outside Baghdad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-aah-s-al-ahad-tv-researcher-wathiq-al-jabri-said-faleh-al-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T05:49:16.448Z Al-Ahad TV airs demand to punish Fayyad over unevacuated PMF headquarters https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/press-reports-say-the-popular-mobilization-forces-repelled-a-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T05:49:16.448Z PMF reported repelling ISIS attack, opening sweep in Khurmatu https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-ran-four-consecutive-segments-carrying-mp-s-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T02:07:29.163Z Al-Ahad TV presses Fayyadh over unevacuated PMF headquarters https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-carried-a-speaker-identified-only-as-mehdi-sayi-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T02:07:29.163Z Jihad wal-Bina channel contests covert Interior Ministry appointments https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/a-pmf-position-behind-the-tuz-khurmatu-mountains-came-under-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-23T02:07:29.163Z PMF post near Tuz Khurmatu takes RPG fire, shoots back https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-three-segments-in-41-minutes-pre-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T23:43:52.913Z AAH channel presses PMF chief Fayyad to face parliament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-reported-that-most-parliamentary-sec-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T23:43:52.913Z AAH channel says blocs barred MPs from Fayyad hearing https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-five-segments-in-about-forty-min-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T22:45:46.080Z AAH's channel runs forty-minute broadside at PMF chief Fayyad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/sadiqoun-mps-safaa-al-jabri-and-salem-al-abbasawi-on-aah-s-a-20260823 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T21:43:39.091Z AAH widens its case against Fayyad to courts, money and unpaid wounded https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-watan-tv-carried-commentary-saying-faction-weapons-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T20:52:37.415Z Assessed: Badr-affiliated channel warns American pretexts will reach Sadrists and Badr next https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/sadiqoun-mp-safaa-al-jabri-on-aah-s-al-ahad-tv-said-falih-al-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T20:52:37.415Z AAH channel says Fayyad faces escalatory measures over PMF Commission https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-reported-hadi-al-amiri-received-diyala-governo-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T20:52:37.415Z Amiri hosts Diyala governor on provincial administration and security https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-al-nujaba-tv-haitham-al-miyahi-said-weapons-must-remain-i-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:48:14.447Z Nujaba channel names itself and Kataib Hezbollah as the weapons' rightful holders https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/press-reporting-attributed-to-ammar-al-hakim-the-position-th-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:48:14.447Z Hakim reported to place surrendered weapons under the PMF Commission https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-carried-analyst-hussein-al-ibrahimi-naming-state-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:48:14.447Z AAH channel airs state-control-of-weapons line as rivals refuse disarmament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-carried-leith-al-jazairi-s-programme-putting-continuin-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:48:14.447Z KSS-linked iNEWS brands the 2027 budget economic suicide https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/ali-al-madhoush-named-by-al-ittijah-tv-as-a-kataib-hezbollah-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:48:14.447Z Kataib Hezbollah voice refuses disarmament, bars return to Jurf al-Nasr https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-asas-coalition-s-adnan-al-jabri-on-al-ahad-tv-aah-officia-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:04:12.063Z Al-Asas backs Sadiqoun on PMF law, demands answers on headquarters attack https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/deputy-speaker-adnan-fihhan-on-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-named-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:04:12.063Z Fihhan names PMF chief's tenure clause as the law's sole blocker https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-published-imagery-captioned-as-sho-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:04:12.063Z KH channel posts special-forces deployment imagery from Jurf al-Nasr https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-and-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-pa-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T19:04:12.063Z Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) and Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran parallel community-legitimacy framing on Jurf al-Nasr within an hour, one citing Kirkuk clerics against "takfiri incubators" and the other Muthanna tribes against "sectarian statements" https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-headlined-that-state-leaders-are-rea-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T17:42:49.826Z AAH channel denies a post-30 September Shia-Shia war https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-carried-first-deputy-speaker-adnan-f-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T17:42:49.826Z Faihan names Laith al-Khazali for deputy prime minister on Al-Ahad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-kornet-al-kata-ibi-kss-affiliated-relayed-the-head-of-the-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T17:42:49.826Z KSS channel relays Hikma line: weapons go to the PMF Commission https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-al-ahad-tv-ran-four-segments-in-41-minutes-alleging-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T16:55:30.432Z AAH channel turns strike on PMF sites into case against Fayyad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-kss-spokesman-kadhim-al-fartousi-went-public-agains-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T16:55:30.432Z Assessed: Fartousi answers Shabandar, denies his chief threatened the PM https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-s-official-channel-ran-four-segments-in-under-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T14:45:58.368Z Al-Ahad TV builds the removal case against PMF chief Fayadh https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-carried-sabah-al-ardawi-the-kh-rep-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T13:16:29.738Z KH's channel refuses disarmament, demands Kurdistan militias be included https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-carried-al-hashimi-arguing-that-citizen-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T13:16:29.738Z KSS-linked channel grounds keeping weapons in the election result https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/adnan-faihan-carried-by-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-said-al-mali-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T13:16:29.738Z AAH's channel: weapons regulated under the state, kept inside the PMF https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-al-kornet-al-kata-ibi-kss-affiliated-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T13:16:29.738Z Three factions announce al-Zaidi's Framework entry; only AAH says unanimous https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/shabab-al-islam-ashab-al-kahf-owned-non-official-relayed-com-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T11:47:33.786Z Ashab al-Kahf channel carries minister's line on slow weapons monopoly https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-published-the-parliame-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T11:47:33.786Z Badr-affiliated Watan TV airs committee line blaming Washington https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-eight-consecutive-statements-att-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T11:47:33.786Z AAH channel airs charge that PMF units were built for elections https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-ashab-al-kahf-and-kss-media-each-published-a-different-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T09:50:45.368Z Three factions cut the president's disarmament speech three different ways https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-kss-s-inews-kh-s-sabereen-news-and-unit-10-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T08:59:08.866Z Faction media carry president's 14,000 death-row figure and amnesty files https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/between-08-00-and-08-45-on-22-august-aah-kss-kh-badr-and-ash-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T08:59:08.866Z Four faction networks relay president's disarmament demand within 45 minutes https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-s-sabereen-news-and-unit-10-000-and-kss-s-al-kornet-al-ka-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T08:59:08.866Z KH and KSS channels push president's denial of Iranian pressure on disarmament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/qais-al-khazali-secretary-general-of-aah-told-al-ittijah-tv-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T07:50:42.177Z Khazali ties resistance weapons to U.S. exit from Iraq https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/a-maysan-representative-of-kataib-hezbollah-muhammad-al-asad-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T07:03:27.942Z KH representative calls disarmament an American demand https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/ansar-allah-al-awfiya-figure-ali-al-fatlawi-said-on-the-move-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-22T01:55:02.880Z Ansar Allah al-Awfiya ties keeping its weapons to Iraqi sovereignty https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-broadcast-that-jurf-al-nasr-faces-a-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T23:41:55.927Z Al-Ahad TV puts Jurf al-Nasr back on the government's desk https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-twice-carried-dr-haider-hamid-abdull-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T22:46:26.603Z Al-Ahad TV airs guest urging security solution for Baghdad belt https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-and-shabab-al-islam-carried-identical-wording-quoti-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T21:42:04.149Z Two networks carry MP's ten-billion-dollar currency claim within the hour https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-published-a-letter-attributed-to-al-tamimi-asking-t-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T21:42:04.149Z Badr-linked channel presses PM to void Basra palaces investment deal https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-aired-legal-researcher-ibrahim-al-su-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T21:27:07.612Z AAH channel airs execution talk against Fayyadh over parliament no-show https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-carried-a-call-by-educ-20260822 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T21:27:07.612Z Badr-linked channel demands audit of Education Ministry officials' wealth https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-affiliated-unit-10-000-and-sabereen-news-an-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T20:50:54.593Z Three militia channels run the same energy-corruption forecast within two minutes https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/two-kataib-hezbollah-affiliated-channels-relayed-ali-al-zaid-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T20:50:54.593Z KH channels relay a flat no-confrontation line toward the factions https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-s-maysan-representative-muhammad-al-asadi-t-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T20:50:54.593Z KH sets a condition on its weapons: occupying forces first https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-twice-carried-parliament-speaker-haibat-al-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T20:50:54.593Z AAH channel airs Speaker dating calm with the factions to 30 September