https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-19/evening Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T19:29:45.051Z The Briefing — Wednesday, 19 August 2026, evening edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-19/morning Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:15:48.394Z The Briefing — Wednesday, 19 August 2026, morning edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-18/evening Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T19:25:52.114Z The Briefing — Tuesday, 18 August 2026, evening edition https://iraqmonitor.com/brief/2026-08-18/morning Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T08:18:15.534Z The Briefing — Tuesday, 18 August 2026, morning edition https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/sadiqoun-bloc-deputy-chairman-ahmad-al-mousawi-said-on-al-ah-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T19:24:08.404Z AAH bloc demands Fayyadh be replaced as PMF chairman https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/ahmad-al-mousawi-said-the-sadiqoun-bloc-agrees-with-90-perce-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T19:24:08.404Z AAH accepts state weapons control, rejects counter-terrorism law for factions https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-kh-and-kss-affiliated-channels-ran-a-same-evening-campai-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T19:24:08.404Z Three networks turn Yaqoubi arrest into courts-and-street campaign https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-carried-dhargham-al-karaawi-head-o-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T17:47:50.274Z KH office conditions any weapons talk on unnamed demands https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-and-noon-media-both-nujaba-official-published-c-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T17:47:50.274Z Nujaba channels rally crowds against intelligence official's arrest https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-aligned-watan-tv-and-nujaba-s-own-al-nujaba-tv-both-car-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T17:02:52.126Z Watan TV and Al-Nujaba TV split framing of Musayyib suspension https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/sabereen-news-kh-affiliated-reframed-baghdad-s-58-billion-di-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T17:02:52.126Z Sabereen News turns Kurdistan farmer payment into southern grievance https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-relayed-the-integrity-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T17:02:52.126Z Watan TV relays Integrity Commission action on Babil property receipts https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/jehad-brothers-team-nujaba-affiliated-and-shabab-al-islam-as-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T15:55:25.419Z Two channels post identical Akram "won't give up his weapon" line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/jehad-brothers-team-nujaba-affiliated-published-a-signed-arg-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T15:55:25.419Z Nujaba channel argues Peshmerga proves Baghdad's weapons double standard https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-organization-s-own-two-outlets-carried-opposing-positio-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T15:11:12.042Z Badr's two channels carry opposite lines on weapons handover https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-and-nujaba-channels-amplified-a-baghdad-protest-over-the-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T15:11:12.042Z Al-Yaqoubi says he will sue Iraqi intelligence after acquittal https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-and-al-kornet-al-kata-ibi-published-identical-w-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T15:11:12.042Z Militia channels push parliamentary inquiry, AAH names Fayyadh https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-reported-the-muntasirun-bloc-submitting-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T14:18:47.358Z KSS bloc pitches armament council as its channel attacks weapons-monopoly file https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-channels-used-baghdad-s-third-day-of-fuel-shortages-to-at-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T13:26:38.172Z KH turns Baghdad's fuel shortage into a case for its weapons https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-and-nujaba-channels-converged-within-an-hour-on-the-al-ya-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T13:26:38.172Z KH and Nujaba close ranks behind detained PMF intelligence director https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-foregrounded-the-farmers-sit-in-outside-the-fi-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:54:38.366Z KH channel amplifies farmers' silo-closure warning at Finance Ministry https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/four-channels-across-aah-kss-and-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-c-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:54:38.366Z Three factions' channels push Iraqi exemption on Hormuz oil exports https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-s-al-ittijah-tv-carried-two-statements-in-under-an-hour-s-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:54:38.366Z KH sets expulsion of foreign forces as the price of weapons talks https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-published-the-karkh-court-s-summons-scheduling-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:06:44.674Z Nujaba TV publishes court summons for ex-MP Zubaie trial https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/nujaba-kh-and-kss-aligned-channels-reported-al-yaqubi-s-acqu-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:06:44.674Z Factions split on how to tell the Yaqubi acquittal story https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-s-al-ghadeer-tv-carried-an-mp-calling-for-comprehensive-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:06:44.674Z Badr and KH split openly on the weapons question https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kss-s-inews-reported-muntasirun-bloc-head-falih-al-khazali-p-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T11:06:44.674Z Khazali proposes arms council with PMF seat and own budget https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-s-parliamentary-bloc-via-al-ghadeer-tv-said-it-is-displ-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T02:00:33.489Z Badr accepts state arms monopoly, rejects the September deadline https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-parliamentary-bloc-spokesman-hamid-al-mousawi-said-on-a-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T02:00:33.489Z Badr spokesman ties resistance strikes to 36 U.S. attacks https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/sabereen-news-carried-mp-ahmad-al-dalfi-saying-weapons-restr-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-19T02:00:33.489Z KH-affiliated channel pushes weapons file onto Peshmerga and Turkey https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/across-five-consecutive-al-ahad-tv-segments-aah-s-channel-si-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T23:44:33.941Z Al-Ahad airs hard conditions and warm words on the same show https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-aah-owned-al-ahad-tv-political-analysts-association-head-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T23:44:33.941Z Al-Ahad guest says factions will enter any Iran–US war https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-aah-owned-al-ahad-tv-hussein-shalushi-said-the-factions-p-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T23:44:33.941Z Al-Ahad guest puts faction missiles in Israel's range https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-one-al-ahad-tv-programme-block-maj-gen-jawad-al-dahlaki-s-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T22:51:10.880Z Al-Ahad guest pairs imminent handover claim with PMF readiness figures https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-and-sabereen-news-both-kh-affiliated-carried-wit-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T22:51:10.880Z KH channels carry family claim: member tortured to death over depot theft https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-s-channel-carried-victory-coalition-spokesman-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T22:51:10.880Z AAH channel carries Rudaini pressing Fayyadh over unrelayed warning https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-aired-two-guest-analysts-within-one-minute-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T21:54:19.312Z Al-Ahad TV guests forecast Iraqi factions entering Iran-US war https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aqeel-al-rudaini-spokesman-for-the-victory-coalition-said-on-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T21:17:24.232Z AAH channel airs demand that Fayyad answer parliament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-aligned-carried-remarks-by-al-bayati-and-al-ma-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T21:17:24.232Z Badr-aligned Watan TV asks who escalated the rhetoric https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-hosted-kdp-member-wafaa-mohammed-karim-endorsin-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T21:17:24.232Z Nujaba TV asks whether disarmament covers the Peshmerga https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/three-kss-channels-carried-an-identical-text-attributed-to-a-20260819 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T21:17:24.232Z KSS pushes al-Walai sovereignty text across three channels https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-aired-al-muhammadawi-saying-we-may-ente-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z iNEWS airs "we may enter the Green Zone" line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-reported-the-coordination-framework-s-w-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z Factions place themselves on the weapons committee, three channels diverge https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-carried-a-basra-notable-calling-adna-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z Al-Ahad TV brands al-Janabi a Ba'athist, refuses Jurf al-Nasr pullout https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/faa-ansar-allah-al-awfiya-official-carried-mp-ahmad-al-dalfi-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z Ansar Allah al-Awfiya channel presses Finance Ministry on state posts https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-reported-that-the-popular-mobil-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z Al-Nujaba TV reports 12th Brigade launching operations https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-carried-water-resources-minister-mut-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z AAH channel puts river pollution on non-competitive contracting https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-reported-a-popular-mobilization-se-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T20:14:01.555Z Al-Ittijah reports PMF deployment at Duz and Amerli https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-carried-al-dulaimi-say-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T19:18:59.432Z Badr channel pushes PMF restructuring law as institutional route https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-the-same-evening-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-carried-four-voi-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T19:18:59.432Z AAH backs arms-monopoly project; Nujaba and KSS reject it https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-kornet-al-kata-ibi-kss-affiliated-called-a-protest-for-we-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T16:01:22.869Z KSS channel calls dated Baghdad protest over PMF fighter's treatment https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-kornet-al-kata-ibi-kss-affiliated-relayed-the-head-of-the-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T16:01:22.869Z KSS channel relays claim PMF factions began handing over weapons https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-published-footage-of-f-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T16:01:22.869Z Badr-aligned Watan TV airs farmers' Finance Ministry protest and dispersal https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/within-four-minutes-al-ahad-tv-aah-official-carried-the-coor-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T16:01:22.869Z AAH and KH channels split on weapons-monopoly line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-reported-the-arrest-of-the-baghdad-secretariat-s-finan-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T15:03:36.776Z iNEWS states Baghdad Secretariat arrest; Watan TV tags it circulating https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-aired-the-writer-muhannad-jawad-asking-why-the-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T15:03:36.776Z Al-Ittijah TV airs question on arms file before U.S. withdrawal https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/hadi-al-amiri-said-on-watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T14:11:11.724Z Amiri insists arms decision is Iraqi; AAH channel routes it to parliament https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-sharwgy-313-aah-unofficial-leadership-signal-channel-call-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T14:11:11.724Z AAH-linked channel faults state handling of PMF commander's arrest https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-announced-a-pmf-12th-brigade-op-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T14:11:11.724Z Nujaba and KH channels announce PMF brigade operation in Tarmiyah https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-publicized-secretary-general-jawad-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T13:23:59.596Z Jihad wal-Bina meets army chief, airs faction-integration call https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-carried-abu-ahmad-al-maliki-saying-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T13:23:59.596Z KH channel carries refusal to hand over weapons https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-posted-twice-within-fifteen-minutes-tha-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T13:23:59.596Z KSS channel blames Washington and Gulf for Iraq's power failures https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-and-sabereen-news-kh-affiliated-fr-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T13:23:59.596Z KH channels cast Babil arrest warrant as Baath-style silencing https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-twice-published-former-prime-ministe-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T13:23:59.596Z AAH channel pushes Sudani's line on state control of weapons https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/inews-kss-affiliated-carried-the-prime-minister-s-security-a-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:53:14.427Z Araji: weapons file not aimed at exclusion, iNEWS carries https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/watan-tv-badr-organization-affiliated-reported-mp-abu-turab-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:53:14.427Z Badr channel airs MP challenge to Basra airport passenger fee https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-blamed-kurdistan-region-authoritie-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:53:14.427Z KH channel blames Kurdistan authorities for Erbil petrol queues https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-maliki-told-the-u-s-charge-d-affaires-that-the-coordinati-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:53:14.427Z Maliki tells US envoy: Framework committee formed on weapons https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-relayed-religious-authority-ali-al-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:53:14.427Z KH channel relays cleric's demand: keep PMF capabilities intact https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/nouri-al-maliki-told-the-us-charge-d-affaires-that-the-coord-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:02:39.408Z Maliki tells US envoy a Framework weapons committee is formed https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/hadi-al-amiri-s-written-statement-asked-all-parties-for-mode-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:02:39.408Z Amiri asks for calm and warns against provocative moves https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/huquq-mp-saud-al-saadi-filed-a-parliamentary-question-to-the-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:02:39.408Z Huquq MP demands to know who ordered state TV's weapons broadcast https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-carried-sadiqoun-mp-safaa-al-jabri-calling-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T11:02:39.408Z Sadiqoun MP calls weapons file purely Iraqi, wants Erbil attack probed https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-kss-affiliated-inews-abu-mujahid-al-asaf-said-patience-ov-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T10:02:55.787Z Al-Asaf tells al-Zaidi: an eye for an eye https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/hadi-al-amiri-on-badr-s-al-ghadeer-tv-asked-that-tense-and-u-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T10:02:55.787Z Al-Amiri asks factions to drop the tense language https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/abu-mujahid-al-assaf-carried-by-kss-affiliated-inews-set-thr-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T09:09:37.494Z Al-Assaf sets three conditions on weapons; KH amplifies https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-aah-and-badr-channels-all-relayed-the-appointment-of-ali-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T09:09:37.494Z Faction channels split on who named the TBI and Development Fund chiefs https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-s-al-ahad-tv-aired-a-sadiqoun-mp-calling-the-prime-minis-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T09:09:37.494Z AAH calls the premier's weapons steps acceptable as KH hardens https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/channels-of-three-factions-carried-the-baghdad-farmers-arrea-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T09:09:37.494Z Three factions' channels press the farmers' arrears fight in Baghdad https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-s-al-ghadeer-tv-and-kh-s-al-ittijah-tv-published-the-sa-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T08:08:52.397Z Badr and KH media carry identical Baniyas pipeline plan https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/unit-10-000-and-sabereen-news-both-kh-aligned-carried-identi-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T08:08:52.397Z KH-aligned channels report presenter barred, Al-Rasheed warned https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-nujaba-tv-nujaba-official-and-al-ghadeer-tv-badr-organiza-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T07:15:35.864Z Only KH's Sabereen adds riot police to shared farmer-protest line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-and-unit-10-000-kh-affiliated-rela-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T07:15:35.864Z KH channels name Halbousi and Khanjar over Jurf al-Nasr file https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ittijah-tv-kh-official-reported-first-and-badr-nujaba-and-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T07:15:35.864Z Four factions' channels carry PMF reinforcement in southern Salah al-Din https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-janoub-tv-harakat-al-jihad-wal-bina-official-ran-two-bagh-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T04:54:31.113Z Al-Janoub runs Baghdad grievance hour: graduates, vendors, and the premier https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-aah-official-twice-carried-hazem-al-shamri-saying-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-18T04:54:31.113Z Al-Ahad airs call for Fayyadh's office to answer, security chief to resign https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/assessed-al-ahad-tv-carried-shibl-al-zaidi-saying-passage-of-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T23:43:03.410Z Al-Zaidi backs PMF law and weapons control on AAH's channel https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/aah-mp-ahmed-al-khazali-on-al-ahad-tv-said-that-if-fayyad-do-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T23:43:03.410Z AAH MP says lawmakers ready to go to Fayyad's hospital or home https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/on-al-ahad-tv-security-expert-adnan-al-kinani-said-fayyad-ha-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T23:43:03.410Z Assessed: AAH channel builds negligence case against PMF command over strike warning https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-s-security-official-set-three-conditions-fo-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T22:53:09.721Z Kataib Hezbollah names three conditions on weapons talks https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/badr-affiliated-watan-tv-carried-a-coordinating-framework-re-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T22:53:09.721Z Badr channel carries dialogue line minutes after Kataib Hezbollah's preconditions https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-s-security-official-abu-mujahid-al-asafi-in-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T21:51:10.140Z Kataib Hezbollah names al-Zaidi, invokes "an eye for an eye" https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kataib-hezbollah-set-three-preconditions-us-withdrawal-expul-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T21:51:10.140Z Kataib Hezbollah prices the weapons file against the Framework's dialogue line https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/al-ahad-tv-carried-a-sadiqoun-mp-saying-the-session-to-quest-20260818 Iraq Monitor en 2026-08-17T21:51:10.140Z AAH's channel presses the case to remove Falih al-Fayyadh