On the evening of 19 August, Ansar Allah al-Awfiya's FAA channel published a run of statements by movement leader Ali al-Fatlawi on Jurf al-Nasr, including that the area would revert to the "triangle of death" the moment the Popular Mobilization Forces withdrew, that ISIS destroyed its infrastructure entirely, and that most of those demanding return are people whose contracts have ended. In the same hour Al-Nujaba TV aired former MP Hassan Fad'am and Muhammad al-Mutalibi treating return as a legitimate right conditioned on security guarantees. The two lines rest on the same security rationale but differ in hardness, which is what supports the reading rather than a single channel's wording.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official19 Aug, 23:50
“Returning to Jurf al-Nasr is a legitimate right of the residents, but security concerns must not be neglected.”
الرجوع لجرف النصر حق مشروع للأهالي لكن يجب عدم إهمال المخاوف الأمنية
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official20 Aug, 00:20
“We want a clear guarantee that terrorism will not return to Jurf al-Nasr after the displaced return.”
نريد تعهداً واضحاً بعدم عودة الإرهاب إلى جرف النصر بعد عودة النازحين لها
- FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official20 Aug, 00:21
“ISIS gangs destroyed the infrastructure in Jurf al-Nasr entirely.”
عصابات داعش هدمت البنى التحتية في جرف النصر بالكامل
- FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official20 Aug, 00:22
“Most of those demanding a return to Jurf al-Nasr are people whose contracts have ended.”
أغلب المطالبين بالعودة إلى جرف النصر هم من المنتهية عقودهم
- FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official20 Aug, 00:23
“Jurf al-Nasr will return to the "triangle of death" as soon as the Popular Mobilization Forces leave it.”
جرف النصر ستعود إلى «مثلث الموت» بمجرد خروج الحشد الشعبي منها
Jurf al-Nasr is being argued as a place where the presence of the Popular Mobilization Forces is the only barrier to killing, which puts the case for continued armed control of the district on the record ahead of any return policy.