On 2 November, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried former MP Muhammad al-Shabaki’s assertion that the Kurdistan Democratic Party controlled 12 administrative units detached from Nineveh and his call to restore the province’s administrative boundaries. He also urged government intervention over land distribution in the Nineveh Plains, framed a demonstration as opposition to demographic change, and accused the Peshmerga of bulldozing Arab villages.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media03 Nov, 00:57
“Muhammad al-Shabaki: We want to restore Nineveh’s administrative boundaries… and he accuses the Peshmerga of “bulldozing” Arab villages.”
محمد الشبكي: نريد استعادة الحدود الإدارية لنينوى… ويتهم البيشمركة بـ"تجريف" قرى عربية