On August 24, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried Abdullah Bashir al-Hassani’s call for the government and parliament to examine why PMF sites were not evacuated despite a claimed three-hour warning before a strike. Adjacent segments quoted Salam al-Zubaidi saying Faleh al-Fayyad’s parliamentary absence supported allegations of dereliction and Majid Mujbas rejecting the characterization of parliament’s summons as political targeting. The four posts establish the channel’s concentrated scrutiny, but no named official or press report corroborated the strike or warning.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official
“The government must act on the targeting of PMF sites; the purpose is not to target Fayyad... Notification three hours before the strike on PMF headquarters requires examining why no action was taken... Interpreting parliament’s summons as political targeting is objectionable... Fayyad’s absence from parliament proves the allegations of dereliction against him.”
ضرورة تحرك الحكومة بملف استهداف الحشد الشعبي ليس الغاية منه استهداف الفياض... الابلاغ قبل 3 ساعات من الضربة على مقار الحشد يحتاج الى الوقوف عن عدم اتخاذ رد فعل... قراءة دعوة البرلمان كاستهداف سياسي معيب... غياب الفياض عن البرلمان يثبت تهم التقصير ضده
By emphasizing the failure to evacuate and Fayyad’s parliamentary attendance over perpetrator attribution, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) made PMF command accountability the dominant frame.