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16 Aug, 15:20 BAGHDAD

Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) airs Jurf al-Nasr line

WHAT HAPPENED

On 16 August 2026 Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) posted al-Sarraj telling the channel that the angry popular movement against calls to return terrorism to Jurf al-Nasr is the residents of the areas that had bled from terrorism there. The item does not name who issued the return calls. No other collected channel in this window took up Jurf al-Nasr.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

Al-Ittijah TVKH — official16 Aug, 15:20
“Al-Sarraj to Al-Ittijah: the angry popular movement against calls to return terrorism to Jurf al-Nasr is the people of the areas that bled from the terrorism of the Jurf.”
السراج لـ(الاتجاه): الحراك الشعبي الغاضب من دعوات إعادة الإرهاب إلى جرف النصر هم أهالي المناطق التي نزفت من إرهاب الجرف

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.

WATCH — WHAT WOULD MOVE THIS FILE

a named government return decision, a counter-statement from another faction or from Najaf, or a second KH outlet repeating al-Sarraj’s wording by 19 August 2026 would move this file.