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/brief/2026-08-21/evening Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:13:14.780Z The Briefing — Friday, 21 August 2026, evening edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-21/morning Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T08:15:05.199Z The Briefing — Friday, 21 August 2026, morning edition 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 https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-framed-disarmament-as-a-transaction-and-said-br-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:45:09.384Z Al-Janoub TV: "Surrender the weapons, become friends" — Britain's Jolani model https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kss-affiliated-inews-carried-a-five-post-sequence-attributin-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:45:09.384Z iNEWS runs Abbas serial: PMF law due at parliament within a week https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-carried-within-an-hour-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:07:50.376Z Badr channel airs two rival answers on who takes the guns https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-a-sustained-segment-calling-for-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:07:50.376Z AAH channel presses parliament and courts to punish Fayyad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-reported-that-the-parliament-presidency-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T19:07:50.376Z KSS channel flags Yazidi survivors bill pulled from agenda https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-twice-within-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T17:52:26.540Z Badr-aligned Watan TV runs two anti-US guest lines in half an hour https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-reported-the-pmf-law-has-entered-its-de-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T17:52:26.540Z KSS-aligned iNEWS puts a two-week clock on PMF law referral https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/within-eighteen-minutes-aah-s-al-ahad-tv-and-kh-s-al-ittijah-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T17:03:06.924Z AAH and KH channels run tribal voices against Jurf al-Nasr handover https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-al-ahad-tv-analyst-unit-10-000-al-qarishi-defended-return-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T17:03:06.924Z Al-Ahad analyst defends Jurf al-Nasr screening, calls non-returnees wanted https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-attributed-to-al-safi-the-statement-that-the-g-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T17:03:06.924Z Al-Ittijah ties resistance disarmament to a 'Greater Israel' project https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-aired-two-segments-within-a-minute-a-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T14:10:37.698Z AAH channel builds legal case for trying Fayyad in absentia https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-ran-a-report-alleging-governmental-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T13:26:16.516Z KH channel calls weapons control a double standard, airs "great danger" line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-posted-that-30-september-is-the-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T13:26:16.516Z Nujaba channel puts a date on ending US dominance: 30 September https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-aired-two-commentators-in-ten-minute-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T13:26:16.516Z AAH channel airs back-to-back attacks on PMF chief Fayyad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/shabab-al-islam-ashab-al-kahf-owned-non-official-carried-sad-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T11:46:52.116Z Qabanji routes the disarmament file to the marjaiya, not foreign pressure https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-reported-the-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T10:55:14.341Z Al-Janoub TV reports truck seizure at Zurbatiya crossing https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/the-new-region-reported-zaidi-as-saying-iraqi-political-forc-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T10:55:14.341Z Zaidi claims full political consensus on militia disarmament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-al-ahad-tv-a-commentator-demanded-pmf-chairman-falih-al-f-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T09:12:28.973Z AAH channel presses Fayyadh over Hashd headquarters attack https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-and-badr-s-al-ghadeer-tv-both-carried-pm-al-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T09:12:28.973Z AAH and Badr channels carry PM's weapons-handover line unaltered https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/ten-channels-across-kh-badr-kss-nujaba-and-ashab-al-kahf-rel-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T09:12:28.973Z Five networks relay pension-fraud audit in near-identical wording https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-and-the-kss-aligned-inews-carried-the-jurf-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T08:09:30.074Z Two factions frame Jurf al-Nasr file differently within minutes https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-reported-that-pmf-security-has-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T05:51:04.282Z Nujaba channel publicises PMF Security reinforcement around Samarra https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-ran-a-live-b-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T03:19:14.486Z Al-Janoub TV puts Baghdad fuel queues and unpaid Basra contracts on air https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-aired-two-ov-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-21T02:01:13.191Z Al-Janoub TV puts Baghdad fuel closures and blackouts on air https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-badr-organization-official-reported-pmf-securi-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T23:47:42.310Z Badr channel reports PMF security reinforced on Samarra approaches https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-aired-a-figure-of-250-killed-and-600-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T23:47:42.310Z AAH channel airs 250-dead figure for Jarf al-Nasr forces https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-declared-the-pmf-law-nearing-approva-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T23:47:42.310Z AAH channel pushes PMF law while pressing to remove Fayyad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-aired-a-jarf-al-nasr-package-pairing-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T23:47:42.310Z AAH channel builds Jarf al-Nasr case: al-Khanjar barred, returns blocked https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ghadeer-tv-badr-organization-official-publicised-a-border-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T23:47:42.310Z Badr channel airs Umm Qasr seizure of cars on martyrs' exemption papers https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-and-watan-tv-badr-organization-affil-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T22:52:13.466Z AAH and Badr channels run same Jurf al-Nasr land line, different speakers https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-published-the-prime-minister-s-offic-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T21:50:31.477Z Al-Ahad TV publishes the signed order making Jubouri environment deputy https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/two-kh-affiliated-channels-and-one-kss-affiliated-channel-ca-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T21:50:31.477Z KH and KSS channels relay Babil's 5,000-warrant line within ten minutes https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-ran-three-consecutive-segments-with-20260821 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-20T21:50:31.477Z Al-Ahad TV runs agriculture minister on land, contracts and Nineveh farming ban