Story update16 Sept, 20:33 BAGHDAD

PMF chairman Fayyad sought to move assets – Alhurra

THE FILE13 SIGNALS · OPENED 11 Sept

11 Sept, 23:25Khazali denies seeking Fayyadh’s PMF post
12 Sept, 01:50Political analyst al-Sabti backs PMF management change
12 Sept, 14:43Legal expert al-Aqabi urges PMF restructuring – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
12 Sept, 15:45Sadiqoun MP al-Abbasawi presses Fayyadh to attend parliament
12 Sept, 21:45Assessed: Sadiqoun general-body member Hakim Atiya al-Muhammadawi criticizes PMF warning procedures and presses the PMF law
12 Sept, 22:11Sadiqoun member Hakim Atiya al-Muhammadawi blames Fayyadh for delayed PMF entitlements
12 Sept, 23:40Sadiqoun speakers challenge PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad
13 Sept, 03:33Sadiqoun member Israa al-Hajjimi says politics blocks Fayyad inquiry – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
13 Sept, 06:28Political-affairs researcher Ahmad al-Miyahi urges contested PMF leadership change – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
13 Sept, 10:44Media development centre head Adnan al-Sarraj urges PMF restructuring – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
16 Sept, 22:40PMF chairman Fayyad sought to move assets – Alhurra
17 Sept, 01:35PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad sought to move assets from Qatar to Turkey – Alhurra
20 Sept, 02:31Political analyst Haitham al-Sabti urges parliament to remove Fayyadh – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV

WHAT HAPPENED

On 16 September, Alhurra reported that sources familiar with contacts before PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad’s 1 May meeting in Ankara said he sought to discuss transferring personal funds and property to Turkey. The sources alleged that Qatar had refused to retain his property and money after pressure on his financial transactions because of his proximity to Iran; Alhurra’s report said Ankara rejected the request. The account relied on unnamed informed and Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

Alhurra16 Sept, 20:33
“Iraqi sources: Ankara rejected a request concerning the PMF chairman’s money. He was seeking to discuss transferring personal money and property to Turkey after pressure on his financial transactions in Qatar because of his proximity to Iran, after Doha refused to retain his property and money on its territory.”
مصادر عراقية: أنقرة رفضت طلبا يتعلق بأموال رئيس الحشد الشعبي... كان يحاول بحث إمكانية نقل أموال وممتلكات خاصة به إلى تركيا، بعد ضغوط على معاملاته المالية في قطر بسبب قربه من إيران... بعدما رفضت الدوحة بقاء أملاكه وأمواله على أراضيها

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement.

WATCH — WHAT WOULD MOVE THIS FILE

a response from PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad, confirmation or denial from Qatar or Turkey, or documentary evidence of an asset restriction or transfer; any of these moves this file.