On 23 August, three channels tied to three different factions reported a Popular Mobilization Forces security operation from three axes in the Hatra and Ba'aj areas of western Nineveh to pursue Islamic State remnants, beginning at 12:17 and completed by 12:57. Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) named PMF Nineveh Operations as the executing command; Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) attributed the operation to the Popular Mobilization Forces generally, and Watan TV alone described it as pre-emptive. The rung rests on three separate faction outlets carrying the same operational particulars, plus accompanying imagery of vehicle columns and uniformed personnel in open desert; what is missing is any outside coverage, any casualty or arrest figure, and any confirmation the imagery is of this operation.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official23 Aug, 15:17
“From three axes, Nineveh Operations of the Popular Mobilization Forces conducts a security operation in the Hatra and Ba'aj islands.”
من ثلاثة محاور.. عمليات نينوى للحشد تنفذ عملية أمنية في جزيرتي الحضر والبعاج
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official23 Aug, 15:39
“From three axes, the Popular Mobilization Forces conducts a security operation in the Hatra and Ba'aj islands to pursue Islamic State terrorist remnants.”
من ثلاثة محاور.. الحشد الشعبي ينفذ عملية أمنية في جزيرتي الحضر والبعاج لملاحقة فلول د١عش الإرهابية
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated23 Aug, 15:57
“In pictures, the Popular Mobilization Forces conducts a pre-emptive security operation in the Hatra and Ba'aj islands to pursue Islamic State remnants.”
بالصور.. الحشد الشعبي ينفذ عملية أمنية استباقية في جزيرتي الحضر والبعاج لملاحقة فلول داعش
An armed multi-axis movement in western Nineveh is live militia operational activity, and the naming difference shows which faction's media is closest to the executing command — Nujaba's outlet had the unit designation the others did not print.