Al-Ahad TV, Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official channel, posted a video package on 3 August 2026 headlined "Where is the Foreign Ministry? The Iraqi flag is 'absented' and the aggression goes unanswered," stating that Iraq was subjected to Saudi-American aggression days earlier while everyone waited for a response, and tying that to the Iraqi flag's absence at a reception. The post ran about seven minutes before the Kata'ib Hezbollah statement began appearing on KH channels. The finding rests on a single AAH channel; the underlying incident is not corroborated in the material available here, and the footage shown offers no identifiable location.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media03 Aug, 19:28
“Where is the Foreign Ministry? The Iraqi flag is 'absented' and the aggression goes unanswered … Days ago Iraq was subjected to Saudi-American aggression, and everyone remained waiting for a response; Iraq's external role was sidelined once again.”
أين وزارة الخارجية؟.. العلم العراقي "مغيّب" والعدوان بلا رد … قبل أيام تعرض العراق لعدوان سعودي أمريكي: فبقي الجميع ينتظر الرد؛ فتكرر تغييب دور العراق الخارجي
The two largest voices in this window are pointing the same grievance in opposite directions — one at Baghdad's diplomacy, one at Washington and Riyadh — which is the split a reader needs to see before either is read as a single muqawama line.