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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 14:43 Baghdad

July 2026

194 SIGNALS · THE CLOSED VOLUME
FRIDAY, 31 JULY 202630 SIGNALS
Internal Iraqi affairsKH channel pushes anti-corruption fix for looming budget crisisAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) published an Iraqi MP's fiscal prescription arguing the cost of a looming financial crisis must fall on corruption files and official privileges rather than on employees and citizens23:53credible evidenceKH · NujabaMilitia violenceKSS and Nujaba channels converge on weapons-as-sovereignty lineiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) framed events as "Saudi aggression against Iraq" and said the weapons of the resistance guarantee deterrence and sovereignty, while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) simultaneously named those same weapons as an externally imposed condition on the government23:53credible evidenceKSS · NujabaInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-affiliated channel relays Hoquq demand to pass PMF lawWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) relayed Harakat Hoquq member Ahmad al-Jabri demanding parliament pass the Popular Mobilization Forces law "in response to the recent attacks" that he said killed more than 2023:53credible evidenceBadr Organization · KHInternal Iraqi affairsNujaba's channel airs governor's plea against Sadr City demolitionsAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) published the Baghdad governor's letter asking the prime minister to halt Baghdad Municipality's removal of more than 5,000 homes housing over 25,000 residents under the New Sadr City project23:03credible evidenceNujabaInternal Iraqi affairsKH channel presses Baghdad over unchanged Karbala fuel allocationAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) reported Nasrawi saying the government has not responded to the Karbala provincial council on raising the province's fuel allocation and that the allocation has seen no increase this year23:03credible evidenceKHMilitia violenceBadr and Nujaba media bury four "martyrs of Saudi-American aggression"Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported four named "martyrs of the Saudi-American aggression" flown by aircraft from Baghdad to Nineveh, and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) aired a funeral report for "martyrs of the American-Saudi aggression" with crowds demanding sovereignty be preserved23:03preponderanceBadr Organization · NujabaMilitia violenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina airs "the people are capable" line on Saudi ArabiaThe Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina channel published Saadi's statement that "if the government is incapable of responding to the Saudi aggression… the people are capable"23:03credible evidenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-affiliated iNEWS pushes oil ministry spending scrutinyiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported that parliament will host the oil minister over contracts and billions spent without results20:58credible evidenceKSSMilitia violenceAl-Ahad TV carries Zaidi order for preventive intelligence plansAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried a statement attributed to al-Nu'man that Zaidi ordered preventive intelligence plans to thwart any attacks or infiltration attempts20:58credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya names intelligence officers on Karbala readiness roundsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's official channel documented two Karbala field rounds by its 19th Brigade deputy commander with PMF general military intelligence and Anbar intelligence, ordering readiness raised for Arbaeen20:58credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · PMFInternal Iraqi affairsBadr adds state-exclusivity line AAH's relay left outBadr's relay of spokesman Sabah al-Numan added the state-exclusivity and "external parties" lines that AAH's Al-Ahad TV omitted, while both carried the raised-alert and air-defence procurement directives20:04preponderanceBadr Organization · AAHMilitia violenceAmiri says martyrs' blood will be avenged, names no targetBadr's official Al-Ghadeer TV quoted Hadi al-Amiri saying martyrs' blood will not be wasted and revenge will certainly be taken, naming neither incident nor target18:20credible evidenceBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsWatan TV presses mass director-general removals, names Khanjar over health contractsBadr-aligned Watan TV pushed two state-capture lines in under an hour: sack every director-general past four years in post, and Health Ministry joint-operation contracts belong to Khamis al-Khanjar18:20credible evidenceBadr OrganizationMilitia violenceMilitia channels report drones striking Kuwait's Bubiyan IslandFour channels across three factions reported within five minutes that drones struck Kuwait's Bubiyan Island; none named a perpetrator and no claim of responsibility appears in the collected material18:20preponderanceKH · KSSMilitia violenceAl-Ittijah airs message to Riyadh and Washington on post-visit responseKH's official Al-Ittijah TV aired a Wasit service-procession owner saying resistance men will respond to aggression against Saudi Arabia and America after the visit ends18:20credible evidenceKHMilitia violenceTwo Iraqi channels split over which clauses of Sana'a statement to carryShabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) reproduced the Sana'a demonstration statement's full escalation clauses — naval blockade of "the Saudi enemy," operations against ships, "escalation will be met with escalation" — while Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) carried only the statement's unity-of-arenas clause16:58credible evidenceAshab al-Kahf · Badr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictAAH channel says Framework refused disarmament, rejected the demandAsaib Ahl al-Haq's official armed-group channel relayed Al-Arabi TV reporting that PM al-Zaidi threatened to resign over faction weapons and added that the Coordination Framework and commanders told him weapons will not be handed over and factions will not be dissolved16:02credible evidenceAAH · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceTwo factions bury Hashd dead, name different attackersAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) filmed Nineveh Plain funerals for Popular Mobilization Forces dead it says were killed by "American-Saudi aggression," while Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's official channel relayed a deputy saying Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters were bombed "yesterday" — two factions naming different perpetrators for the same losses16:02preponderanceAAH · Harakat al-Jihad wal-BinaIntra-militia conflictNujaba channel airs charge that some Hashd factions serve payAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) aired Athir al-Shara saying of Popular Mobilization Forces ideology that "there are factions that came for the salary"16:02credible evidenceNujaba · PMFInternal Iraqi affairsAl-Ahad TV runs twin parliamentary attacks on Finance MinistryAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran two parliamentary items within fifteen minutes: MP Haidar Muhammad al-Mutairi on a 3.3 trillion dinar Finance Ministry shortfall and ten months of unpaid degree-holder salaries, and Adnan Fihan imposing "exceptional parliamentary action" on financial and political performance12:36credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsAl-Amiri inspects struck PMF position in Nineveh PlainAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) published Hadi al-Amiri inspecting a struck position of the Fourth Regiment, 30th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces in the Nineveh Plain, without naming who struck it12:36credible evidenceBadr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictFour militia networks carry identical reservation on reported faction dealFour channels across the KH, Ashab al-Kahf, Nujaba and Badr networks carried identical text within eighteen minutes attributing to Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami that a reported faction-enemy agreement is "inaccurate" and reserved upon in its circulated form10:22clear & convincingKH · Ashab al-KahfIntra-militia conflictTwo networks relay Jihad movement's reservation on reported faction agreementA statement attributed to Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami calling a reported faction-enemy agreement inaccurate was carried within four minutes by both Shabab al-Islam and Sabereen News08:29preponderanceAshab al-Kahf · KHIntra-militia conflictAnsar Allah al-Awfiya demands PMF leadership prosecute Khamis al-KhanjarAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's Ali al-Fatlawi twice attacked Khamis al-Khanjar over his statement after the Saudi strikes and called on Popular Mobilization Forces leadership to prosecute him08:29credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · PMFInternal Iraqi affairsAl-Janoub TV airs dispute over missing Saudi-bombing condemnationAl-Janoub TV aired a dispute between Tabaruk al-Husayni and Salah al-Kabisi over the sovereignty statement and al-Khanjar, asking why neither text condemned the Saudi bombing08:29credible evidenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Ansar Allah al-AwfiyaInternal Iraqi affairsBadr channel posts three senior armed-forces appointments, Basra includedAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) published three senior armed-forces appointments, including the Commander-in-Chief's office and Basra operations command, with no faction comment added04:01credible evidenceBadr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictAAH channel airs ISIS-support accusation against Khamis KhanjarAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired al-Moussawi accusing Khamis Khanjar of having supported ISIS and of attacking the Popular Mobilization Forces, under the on-screen line "the right of response is guaranteed"04:01credible evidenceAAHIntra-militia conflictAAH channel airs call for PMF to prosecute al-KhanjarAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired Reconstruction Coalition figure Ali al-Fatlawi calling on Popular Mobilization Forces leadership to prosecute al-Khanjar, and parliamentary security committee member Waad al-Qadu accusing him of known Saudi and Qatari ties02:40credible evidenceAAH · Waad al-QaduIntra-militia conflictAAH channel airs al-Fatlawi attack on Khamis al-KhanjarAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) trailed Ali al-Fatlawi of the Reconstruction Coalition attacking Khamis al-Khanjar over his statement after what the channel called "the Saudi aggression," accusing him of "mixing the papers"01:41preponderanceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsAAH broadcaster promotes MP's six questions on Foreign Ministry undersecretaryAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reported that MP al-Baldawi filed six parliamentary questions to the Foreign Ministry over the extension of administrative undersecretary Ahmad Nayef al-Dulaimi's service01:41credible evidenceAAH
THURSDAY, 30 JULY 202637 SIGNALS
Internal Iraqi affairsAssessed: AAH's Sadiqoun deputy calls Saudi strikes a declaration of warAssessed: Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired Sadiqoun deputy chairman Ahmad al-Mousawi calling Saudi strikes on official security headquarters "a declaration of war against Iraq" and saying Iraqis "can enter Saudi Arabia in two days but are waiting for the government's position"23:46credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceMilitia channels bury PMF dead they blame on Saudi-American strikeSabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH — affiliated) and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) published an identical caption within 24 minutes announcing funeral rites in Najaf for Popular Mobilization Forces members they say were killed by "Saudi-American aggression"23:46preponderanceKH · Ashab al-KahfMilitia violenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina airs pilgrim promising Saudi Arabia a coming responseAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) published an Arbaeen pilgrim addressing Saudi Arabia with the words "we are martyrdom projects and we have a coming response"23:46credible evidenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaMilitia violenceMilitia channels bury PMF dead they blame on Saudi-US strikesMilitia media across KSS, KH and AAH channels reported funerals in Karbala and Basra for PMF personnel they described as killed by "Saudi–American aggression", with Al-Ittijah TV naming Haydar al-Sikini and reporting demands for a firm response22:59credible evidenceKSS · KHIntra-militia conflictAnsar Allah al-Awfiya denies al-Asadi pushed out of FrameworkAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's official channel issued five separate denials that Ahmad al-Asadi was removed from the Coordination Framework, saying he is abroad for medical treatment and is not being replaced by Shibl al-Zaidi22:59credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · Kataib al-Imam AliInternal Iraqi affairsKH and KSS channels push Baghdad's denial of approving strikesKSS- and KH-affiliated channels amplified the government spokesman's denial that Baghdad approved or had prior knowledge of attacks on Iraqi territory, with Unit 10,000 adding the suspension of the prime minister's Saudi visit22:59credible evidenceKSS · KHInternal Iraqi affairsAAH-aired MP demands emergency session over Saudi strikesAn AAH-aired MP demanded an emergency parliamentary session over the strikes and said no summons would be sent to the Saudi ambassador "for fear of hurting his feelings"22:59credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya sets conditions before any weapons handoverAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's channel carried MP Murtada al-Sa'adi separating the PMF as a state institution from the armed factions while making any weapons handover conditional on prior security and political guarantees22:59credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · PMFIntra-militia conflictAAH airs MP saying al-Khanjar could be struck nextAn MP on AAH's Al-Ahad TV said the same party that bombed the PMF "may attack al-Khanjar in the future", while a second AAH guest accused Khamis al-Khanjar of calling the PMF "militias"22:59credible evidenceAAH · PMFMilitia violenceFive factions relay Iranian commander's "coffins" line within the hourSeven channels across five Iraqi factions carried the same sentence from the Iranian Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command commander about American "coffins" within roughly forty minutes, adding no Iraqi target or claim21:56credible evidenceKH · KSSMilitia violenceNujaba TV reports PMF funerals, crowds demanding response to Saudi ArabiaAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) reported same-day funerals for Popular Mobilization Forces dead in Nineveh and Najaf with crowds it described as chanting against "Saudi aggression" and demanding a response21:56preponderanceNujaba · AAHIntra-militia conflictAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reported al-Yasiri saying Khamis al-Khanjar "lined up" with the Saudi aggression against the Popular Mobilization Forces, and aired a second AAH-orbit figure accusing al-Khanjar of "mixing the papers"21:56credible evidenceAAH · Badr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictAwfiya deputy states Coordination Framework split on escalating with WashingtonAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's channel published deputy Murtada al-Saadi stating Coordination Framework leaders' personal statements were harsher than the bloc's official statement and that positions differ on how far to escalate with Washington21:56credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · AAHMilitia violenceFour faction outlets announce Karbala funeral for PMF deadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official), Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) announced within 40 minutes a Karbala funeral for Popular Mobilization Forces dead they described as killed in "the American-Saudi aggression"19:01credible evidenceAAH · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsAAH and Badr outlets carry Diwaniya corruption arrests minutes apartAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried the Diwaniya council's announcement of arrests for bribery and embezzlement within a minute of each other, with Al-Ahad also reporting travel bans on council members15:01credible evidenceAAH · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsKH channel accuses state TV of misusing marjaiya weapons sermonsUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) attacked Iraqi state television by name for broadcasting marjaiya sermons on confining weapons to the state, arguing those sermons dated from the ISIS war and "the chaos of Tishreen"15:01credible evidenceKHInternal Iraqi affairsAAH channel documents Sadiqoun push to table PMF structural lawAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) published the Sadiqoun bloc's letter to the parliamentary presidency asking that a Popular Mobilization Forces structural law be placed on the agenda, with a signatory list attached15:01credible evidenceAAH · KSSMilitia violenceNujaba and Badr blame US-Saudi strike; AAH omits attributionAl-Nujaba TV and Al-Ghadeer TV published identical wording attributing PMF member Haider Mansour al-Shubaki's death to "American–Saudi bombing that targeted Popular Mobilization headquarters", while Al-Ahad TV carried the same funeral without naming any perpetrator14:06preponderanceNujaba · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-linked outlet relays call to answer aggression in kindiNEWS relayed Khafaji saying "aggression must be answered in kind" and that no committees have been formed over Gulf states' allegations that they were bombarded from Iraq14:06credible evidenceKSSMilitia violenceKH and Ashab al-Kahf channels relay Popular Mobilization funeral callA Popular Mobilization Forces notice relayed by Sabereen News (KH — affiliated media) and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media) calls Iraqis to same-day funerals for Iraqis and "advisors" it says were killed in a "treacherous American-Saudi aggression" on Iraqi security forces12:17preponderanceKH · Ashab al-KahfMilitia violenceThree militia channels post same-minute IRGC line: aggressor punished todayAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official), Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) and Jehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) posted the same quoted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps line within three minutes: "the aggressor will be punished today"11:06credible evidenceKH · NujabaIntra-militia conflictSadr blames reckless militias for strikes; factions blame Washington and RiyadhPress reports carry Muqtada al-Sadr blaming "reckless" militias for drawing the strikes on the Popular Mobilization Forces, against the militia account of an American–Saudi aggression11:06preponderancePMF · KHMilitia violencePMF funeral call names Iraqis and advisors killed in strikesSabereen News (KH — affiliated) relays a Popular Mobilization Forces call to same-day funerals in Karbala and Najaf for Iraqis and "advisors" it says were killed in an "American–Saudi aggression" on Iraqi security forces11:06preponderanceKH · PMFInternal Iraqi affairsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya deputy Murtada al-Saadi demands an amended Integrity Commission law and "where did you get this" wealth checks, the only faction voice added to a Diwaniyah sweep that Badr, AAH and KSS outlets relayed without comment10:18credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceFour militia networks report rockets hitting Jordan's Muwaffaq al-Salti baseSabereen News (KH — affiliated), Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated), Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned), Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) and Jehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) all reported rocket fire striking the Muwaffaq al-Salti airbase in Jordan within one pre-dawn hour on 30 July, with KH channels using the 'Haidari missiles' brand but no formal claim of responsibility issued under any named group08:24preponderanceKH · NujabaInternal Iraqi affairsAAH's channel presses state to act against al-KhanjarAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried al-Ardawi calling for an official state position against those who support killing Iraqis, naming al-Khanjar as having "come to destroy the state"03:56credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceAAH channel airs guest's Saudi invasion-capability claimAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) quoted guest Adnan al-Kanaani saying Iraqis are capable of overrunning Saudi Arabia within hours "like Kuwait," while adding that a military response could be costly03:56credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceTwo networks bury "American-Saudi aggression" dead in Nineveh and BasraiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) each reported funerals for men killed in what both called an "American-Saudi aggression" on Popular Mobilization Forces positions, in Nineveh and Basra respectively, within four minutes of each other on 29 July02:15preponderanceKSS · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceBadr and Nujaba run identical "what will happen tonight" alert textAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) published word-for-word identical text attributing to "enemy media" a report that Israel was placed on alert "in preparation for what will happen during the night"01:38preponderanceBadr Organization · NujabaInternal Iraqi affairsNujaba spokesman demands Baghdad expel the Saudi ambassadorNujaba spokesman Mahdi al-Kaabi, on Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official), said expelling the Saudi ambassador and withdrawing Iraq's ambassador from Riyadh is "the simplest government response"01:38credible evidenceNujabaMilitia violenceAAH and Badr announce Nineveh funerals for unexplained militia deathsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) announced funerals in Nineveh for what they called martyrs of "the American-Saudi aggression," without stating where, when or how the dead were killed01:38preponderanceAAH · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceAAH channel airs invasion rhetoric and Karbala targeting claims against RiyadhAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired security expert Adnan al-Kanani claiming Saudi reconnaissance sorties over Dhi Qar and Samawa before the strikes, Saudi targeting of a house and a Husseini procession in Karbala, and "5,000 Saudi suicide bombers" sent into Iraq, alongside "Iraqis are able to overrun Saudi Arabia within hours"00:44credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceKSS spokesman says response decided, then says it is still under studyKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada spokesman Sheikh Kadhim al-Fartousi said the resistance factions' decision is "a response the size of the aggression," then said within the hour that the military response is "still under research and discussion"00:44credible evidenceKSS · Islamic Resistance in IraqIntra-militia conflictAl-Janoub TV asks why rivals are pleased the Hashd was struckAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) aired a segment asking "why are most of the nawashit happiest about the shelling of the Hashd?", putting the question to security expert Abdul Karim Khalf00:44preponderanceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada's spokesman said the factions do not accept the Prime Minister travelling to Riyadh, hours after Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi convened an emergency Coordination Framework meeting whose statement was carried in identical wording by Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi00:44credible evidenceKSS · AAHMilitia violenceMilitia channels film PMF coffins arriving in MosulAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) filmed the remains of Popular Mobilization Forces personnel arriving in Mosul for burial in the Nineveh plain, and Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH — official) posted coffin-procession footage captioned "this is our flesh that was torn today"00:44credible evidenceNujaba · AAHMilitia violenceLaith al-Khazali demands Baghdad reassess its U.S. agreementsDr. Laith al-Khazali, carried by Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), said the martyrs' blood "will not be a passing event" and called the strikes a clear breach of the Iraq-U.S. security agreement requiring the government to reassess all agreements00:44credible evidenceAAH
WEDNESDAY, 29 JULY 202646 SIGNALS
Militia violenceAAH information chief declares a "new military wave" after Washington talksAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired its Information and Analysis Centre head Salam Adel saying "from the wings to the field… we entered a new military wave after the Washington meetings"23:03credible evidenceAAHMilitia violenceKH channel reports PMF security reinforcing the Hilla–Najaf axisUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) reported that Popular Mobilization Forces security is reinforcing its deployment along the Hilla–Najaf axis under the Arbaeen plan23:03credible evidenceKH · PMFMilitia violenceKH channels name a fifth Iranian "martyr in Iraq"Unit 10,000 and Sabereen News (both KH — affiliated) published a eulogy naming Mohammad Amin Rostami Jelilian as "the fifth martyr of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iraq"23:03preponderanceKHIntra-militia conflictAAH bloc denies faction-government clash as Badr channel attacks air defenceAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired Awfiya bloc head Mortada Ali al-Saadi saying "there is no clash between the factions and the government" while Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) aired a demand to dissolve the air defence and air force over Saudi aircraft23:03credible evidenceAAH · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceKSS spokesman insists every operation the group conducts is announcedAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) aired KSS spokesman Sheikh Kadhim al-Fartousi saying "every operation we have conducted we announced frankly — why would we turn a blind eye to an operation or two?"23:03credible evidenceKSSBackgroundKH channels relay Trump remarks on striking Iran in identical wordingUnit 10,000 and Sabereen News (both KH — affiliated) published identical relays of remarks attributed to "the criminal Trump" about striking Iran and intercepting five rockets23:03preponderanceKHMilitia violenceThree factions bury fighters they blame on American-Saudi strikesFuneral announcements on Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kataib Hezbollah and PMF-linked channels mourn fighters they say were killed by "American-Saudi aggression", naming one and leaving two unnamed20:58credible evidenceKSS · KHInternal Iraqi affairsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya turns the strikes into a four-point demand listAnsar Allah al-Awfiya issues a formal statement demanding an end to all foreign military presence, an accelerated national air-defence system, passage of the PMF law, and a review of relations with Saudi Arabia20:58credible evidenceAnsar Allah al-AwfiyaMilitia violenceCommanders' refusals of disarmament run alongside the joint deadlineAssessed: Two commanders' refusals of disarmament are published alongside the joint statement: Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi quotes "Hajj Abu Fadak" asking "who takes our weapons, man?" and Al-Nujaba TV airs a vow to leave no American soldier in the country19:52credible evidenceKSS · NujabaInternal Iraqi affairsAl-Ahad TV puts pilgrims' demand for government retaliation on airAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV reports Arbaeen pilgrims in Karbala demanding that the government respond to the strikes, published while the joint statement gives the government a 23 Safar deadline19:52credible evidenceAAH · Islamic Resistance in IraqIntra-militia conflictAAH and KH outlets blame "Saudi-American" strikes; joint text blames Washington aloneAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV and Kata'ib Hezbollah's Unit 10,000 both name Saudi Arabia as co-perpetrator of the strikes, while the joint statement they carry blames Washington alone and denies any Saudi strike19:52credible evidenceAAH · KHMilitia violenceUnit 10,000 relays gloss casting delay as prepared retaliationKata'ib Hezbollah's affiliated Unit 10,000 relays a commentator reading the deferred response as prepared retaliation and the Iraqi government as having been argued into a test it cannot pass19:06credible evidenceKH · AAHIntra-militia conflictAl-Ahad TV blames Saudi Arabia; joint statement blames only WashingtonAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV named the Karbala killings "criminal American-Saudi aggression" an hour before the joint statement blamed the United States alone and denied any strike on Saudi Arabia18:13credible evidenceAAH · Islamic Resistance in IraqMilitia violenceResistance statement sets 23 Safar deadline, names Saudi Arabia as possible targetA statement issued in the name of Islamic Resistance in Iraq gives Iraqi government bodies demanding disarmament until 23 Safar, says its response to the United States "is coming without doubt" and "may reach its tools in Saudi Arabia", and denies any Iraqi strike on Saudi installations18:13clear & convincingIslamic Resistance in Iraq · KHMilitia violencePress reports quoted the Popular Mobilization Forces putting 20 dead and 32 wounded in a non-final tally from attacks on several of its sites in Iraqi provinces; no perpetrator is named in that reporting and no Iraqi actor claimed a response17:07preponderancePMF · KHIntra-militia conflictFronts and KH split on what to demand after the strikesSaraya Awliya al-Dam (assessed KSS front, assessed) published a signed five-point statement demanding expulsion of the Saudi ambassador and stating that if the government defaults, Iraqis should demand the confinement of the government's weapons in the hands of the resistance, while Kataib Hezbollah's deputy said cancelling the Saudi visit was pointless17:07credible evidenceKSS · KHInternal Iraqi affairsKH deputy claims 60 signatures for emergency parliament sessionKataib Hezbollah's Al-Ittijah TV carried Hoquq bloc deputy Miqdad al-Khafaji saying more than 60 signatures had been gathered for an emergency session of parliament on the "Saudi-American aggression on Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters"17:07credible evidenceKHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr's channel runs funeral notice and ministry decision minutes apartBadr Organization's Al-Ghadeer TV interleaved the arrival of the dead at the Popular Mobilization Forces media directorate with a Ministry of Education decision on rotating graduate-study seats between universities17:07credible evidenceBadr Organization · KHMilitia violenceAshab al-Kahf calls fire-for-fire a covenant, not a sloganAshab al-Kahf (assessed Nujaba front, assessed) published on its official armed-group channel a text calling the principle of "bombing for bombing, fire for fire" a "covenant and threat", and posted an oblique logistics line minutes earlier17:07credible evidenceAshab al-Kahf · NujabaIntra-militia conflictAAH channel turns Siffin on insiders blaming "the insolent militias"An Asaib Ahl al-Haq leadership-signal channel answered unnamed figures inside the Shia camp who it says accuse "the insolent militias," comparing them to Mu'awiya blaming Ali's followers for the death of Ammar ibn Yasir16:04preponderanceAAHMilitia violenceUnidentified PMF dead reach Baghdad military hospitalFour Popular Mobilization Forces dead remained unidentified as bodies reached al-Hussein Military Hospital in Baghdad, with factions attributing the deaths to an American-Saudi dawn strike and no perpetrator named by any independent account in hand16:04preponderanceAshab al-Kahf · KHIntra-militia conflictNujaba's text alone carries the network's answer to the strikeNujaba's signed five-point statement was the only faction text of its own on the dawn strike and was carried across Kataib Hezbollah, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ashab al-Kahf and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina channels within roughly ninety minutes16:04clear & convincingNujaba · KHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr calls it a "strategic error," skips the network's demandsBadr Organization's political office called the dawn events "a strategic error requiring a firm government position" and made no demand on American bases, the Saudi ambassador, or Iraqi airspace accountability16:04credible evidenceBadr OrganizationMilitia violenceAwliya al-Dam front demands Saudi envoy expelled, inverts disarmamentSaraya Awliya al-Dam spokesman Abu Mahdi al-Ja'fari demanded immediate expulsion of the Saudi ambassador and stated that if the government fails in its duty, Iraqis should demand "the confinement of the government's weapons in the hands of the resistance"16:04credible evidenceSaraya Awliya al-Dam · KSSMilitia violenceNineveh Plain dead reach Baghdad; commander speaks over the coffinsSheikh Hassan al-Shabaki, named as commander of the Fourth Regiment in the 30th Brigade of the Nineveh Plain, spoke as the bodies of dead Popular Mobilization Forces personnel arrived in Baghdad, with Badr's Al-Ghadeer TV quoting him that "the blood of our sons in the Nineveh Plain will not go in vain"15:14credible evidenceKH · KSSMilitia violenceKH channel quotes al-Safi: reaction must match the aggressionAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) twice quoted the figure it names al-Safi saying the reaction must be equal to and at the level of "the overt aggression" to preserve Iraq's dignity and sovereignty15:14credible evidenceKHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr and Muntasiroun MPs move to kill the PM's Riyadh tripBadr Organization and Muntasiroun parliamentarians publicly demanded the Prime Minister drop or postpone his planned Riyadh visit, with the Muntasiroun member also demanding the Saudi ambassador be summoned15:14credible evidenceBadr Organization · KSSIntra-militia conflictAAH puts the state, not the factions, in charge of the responseAsaib Ahl al-Haq issued one statement across three official outlets calling the strike a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty and complaining the Commander-in-Chief was left no room for legal and security measures, while KH's channel spoke of a matching response15:14credible evidenceAAH · KHMilitia violenceNujaba names Washington and Riyadh, demands bases closedHarakat al-Nujaba issued a five-point statement on 29 July 2026 demanding the Iraqi government expel U.S. bases and cut all cooperation with Saudi Arabia, and stating that Washington's and Saudi Arabia's rulers will not defile Iraqi soil "without a heavy price paid from their interests and their security"14:54credible evidenceNujaba · KHMilitia violenceKataib Hezbollah official ties Iraqi stability to hitting back at RiyadhKataib Hezbollah's Wasit representative Muhammad al-Safi told Al-Ittijah TV on 29 July 2026 that "there is no stability in Iraq unless there is a response to the Saudi aggression"14:54credible evidenceKH · KSSInternal Iraqi affairsNujaba puts Baghdad, not only Washington, on noticeHarakat al-Nujaba directed five "non-negotiable" demands at the Iraqi government, including that it stop "confining itself to statements of condemnation" and hold accountable whoever left Iraqi airspace undefended14:54credible evidenceNujaba · KHIran alignmentRiyadh moves to the centre of Nujaba's demand listNujaba's 29 July 2026 statement made Saudi Arabia, not only the United States, the named object of its demands and its "heavy price" language, calling Riyadh "the head of the snake and the financier of terrorism against Iraq"14:54credible evidenceNujaba · KHMilitia violenceBodies reach Baghdad military hospital; only Sabereen names the deadKataib Hezbollah, Nujaba and Badr Organization channels filmed bodies arriving at al-Hussein Military Hospital in Baghdad on 29 July 2026, with Sabereen News alone identifying the dead as Popular Mobilization members killed in "Saudi-Wahhabi-American aggression"14:54preponderanceKH · NujabaMilitia violenceMilitia outlets report 20 dead in strikes on PMF sitesSabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH — affiliated) published an identical initial toll of 20 killed and 32 wounded from what they called "Saudi-American terrorist aggression" against PMF headquarters in Baghdad, Wasit, Nineveh, Basra, Kirkuk, Karbala and Diyala, while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) reported 10 killed and 6 wounded in Nineveh alone14:25preponderanceKH · NujabaIntra-militia conflictKH outlet demands Saudi visit be scrapped; AAH asks only for sessionAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried MP Waad al-Qadu demanding cancellation of the Prime Minister's planned Saudi visit and invoking Article 51 self-defence, while Al-Ahad TV and Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) carried only calls for an emergency parliamentary session14:25credible evidenceKH · AAHMilitia violenceKH channel names dead fighter, opens with retaliation coupletAssessed: Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) named Muntazer Idan al-Atabi of al-Aziziyah as killed "at dawn today in a cowardly American–Saudi aggression," opening with the couplet "I vowed to meet death — repay his treachery with an aircraft"14:25credible evidenceKH · NujabaIntra-militia conflictSix faction outlets carry identical PMF funeral notice within minutesA funeral notice signed by the Popular Mobilization Forces was carried verbatim within four minutes by Al-Ittijah TV and Unit 10,000 (KH), Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization) and Sabereen News (KH)14:25clear & convincingKH · AAHMilitia violenceNujaba deputy demands Baghdad adopt reciprocal response, cut Saudi and US coordinationNujaba's Al-Nujaba TV carried Deputy Alaa al-Haidari saying the House of Saud "will not pass unnoticed", demanding the Iraqi government officially adopt a reciprocal response and halt all security and economic coordination with the parties involved12:34credible evidenceNujabaMilitia violenceKH channels promise a harsh response and mourn unnamed deadKataib Hezbollah's affiliated Sabereen News said "in our hearts is a fire that does not die out, and its flames will not calm until a harsh response comes", and posted two eulogies naming no incident, while KH's Al-Ittijah TV carried MPs demanding military retaliation12:34preponderanceKH · Ashab al-KahfInternal Iraqi affairsThe PMF media director Muhannad al-Aqabi said the attacks on official headquarters came hours after a Netanyahu-Trump meeting "as if it were a green light for escalation", and Nujaba and Badr official channels carried the framing identically12:34credible evidencePMF · NujabaIntra-militia conflictBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV demanded the government take a firm and decisive stance while KH and Harakat Hoquq deputies on KH channels demanded a military response from the Commander-in-Chief, splitting the network on what Baghdad must do12:34credible evidenceBadr Organization · KHMilitia violencePMF reports 20 dead across seven provinces, blames US-Saudi strikesThe Popular Mobilization Forces media directorate stated at least 20 fighters were killed and 32 wounded in pre-dawn strikes on its official headquarters in seven provinces, attributing them to a joint American-Saudi attack, and Badr, KSS, Nujaba and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina channels carried the figures without variation12:34preponderancePMF · Badr OrganizationMilitia violencePMF headquarters hit across governorates; no perpetrator namedExternal media reported attacks on Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in several Iraqi governorates before dawn on 29 July 2026, with the PMF's initial figure given as 20 killed and 32 wounded and no perpetrator named in any supplied report11:13preponderancePMFMilitia violencePMF says several of its headquarters attacked across IraqThe Popular Mobilization Forces stated that a number of its headquarters in scattered areas of Iraq came under several attacks on 29 July 2026, with no perpetrator named and no faction claim observed08:26credible evidencePMFInternal Iraqi affairsAAH channel airs MPs' huge loss figures against Electricity MinistryAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired former National Approach MP Husayn al-Aqabi saying state revenue waste reaches 80 percent, and Sadiqoun MP Salem al-Absawi saying 25 trillion dinars are missing from the Electricity Ministry00:43credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr, KH and Ashab al-Kahf channels relay integrity raid in unisonFour militia-linked channels across Badr Organization, KH and Ashab al-Kahf relayed the Integrity Commission's 19-billion-dinar find at the home of Adnan al-Jumaily's brother in near-identical wording, none adding a faction line00:43credible evidenceBadr Organization · KH
TUESDAY, 28 JULY 202634 SIGNALS
Internal Iraqi affairsBadr-aligned Watan TV asks where electricity trillions wentWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried Nour al-Baghdadi asking Ahmad Musa "the trillions allocated to the electricity sector, where did they go?", tagged #بلاحصانة ("without immunity")23:43credible evidenceBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-aligned iNEWS ties unpaid martyr land to Salah al-Din corruptioniNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried Majid Muslim saying a man martyred in 2016 never received his land plot and that Salah al-Din is "drowning in catastrophic corruption despite the money"23:43credible evidenceKSSIntra-militia conflictKSS-linked show airs on-air clash over Turkey alignmentiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) aired al-Jabiri saying "we are heading toward alliance and integration with Turkey" while al-Jaza'iri interrupted to question the consistency of that view21:52credible evidenceKSSInternal Iraqi affairsAAH's channel puts missing oil money and lost tankers on salary riskAssessed: Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran back-to-back economic segments alleging 20 trillion dinars a year in escaping oil revenue and a loss of tanker capacity threatening future salaries21:52credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsAAH channel relays advisor's claim Iran backs confining weaponsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) relayed national security advisor Qasim al-Aboudi saying Iran pledged to help the prime minister confine weapons to the state21:52credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-aligned iNEWS blames reconstruction cover for enabling theftiNEWS, a Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-aligned outlet, published a line attributing large-scale theft to reconstruction contracting combined with political and tribal cover20:54credible evidenceKSSInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-linked iNEWS questions where property-fine money goesiNEWS, a Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-affiliated outlet, published a documents-based report asking where property-violation fee collections go19:54credible evidenceKSSInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-linked Watan TV airs Kirkuk market-licence forgery arrestsWatan TV, a Badr Organization-affiliated outlet, reported that the Integrity Commission arrested a network in Kirkuk for forging and selling Ministry of Trade market licences19:54credible evidenceBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsBadr channel announces utility purge and Staff College appointmentWatan TV, a Badr Organization-affiliated channel, announced within thirty-six minutes both the removal of the director general of the Middle Electricity Distribution Company with eight others and the appointment of Lt. Gen. Hamid al-Zuhairi as commandant of the Staff College19:05credible evidenceBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsKH outlet publishes court summons documents against Anbar governorSabereen News, a KH-affiliated outlet, published what it presented as Administrative Court summons documents against the Anbar governor and municipalities director over 7,000 state property parcels in Falluja, and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf) carried the same text twelve minutes later without the documents19:05preponderanceKH · Ashab al-KahfInternal Iraqi affairsKSS-aligned iNEWS alleges "strange contracts" at Electricity MinistryiNEWS, a KSS-aligned outlet, published a headline alleging a "new deal of the century" and "strange contracts" at Iraq's Electricity Ministry, attributed to a figure named al-Khafaji, without naming any contract, sum or official18:08credible evidenceKSSInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-linked Watan TV surfaces new Defence Ministry spokesman appointmentWatan TV, Badr-affiliated media, reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces assigned Maj. Gen. Yahya Rasul Abdallah as spokesman for the Ministry of Defence16:56credible evidenceBadr OrganizationMilitia violenceBadr channel carries Hormuz transit-denial line against Trump backersAl-Ghadeer TV, Badr Organization official media, published a statement attributed to a spokesman of the "Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters" saying ships of all companies and states welcoming Trump's proposal "will not be allowed" through the Strait of Hormuz16:56preponderanceBadr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictBaa Platform and KAF Center run silent as Badr outlets publishFour tracked channels including Badr's Baa Platform and KH's KAF Center are far past their own posting cadence while Badr's other outlets carried the Hormuz transit-denial line and a Defence Ministry appointment16:56preponderanceBadr Organization · KHInternal Iraqi affairsFour factions carry Defence Ministry spokesman appointment in one voiceSix channels of Kataib Hezbollah, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organization carried the appointment of Major General Yahya Rasul Abdullah as Defence Ministry spokesperson within 48 minutes, in near-identical wording and with no faction commentary16:03credible evidenceKH · KSSInternal Iraqi affairsBadr channel publicises Diyala council move against member's seatWatan TV, a Badr Organization-affiliated channel, publicised the Diyala provincial council chair's order forming a disciplinary committee against council member Daria Khair Allah and reviewing her eligibility for membership over social media posts and "continuing transgressions"16:03preponderanceBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsAsaib Ahl al-Haq channel pushes Salah ad-Din corruption seizuresAl-Ahad TV, Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official channel, promoted Federal Integrity Commission findings in Salah ad-Din, reporting 2.5 billion dinars seized at a former accounts director's home and six investment properties registered to his wife16:03preponderanceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsAAH media foregrounds court ruling and Diwaniyah municipal purgeAAH's Al-Ahad TV carried the Federal Supreme Court striking down part of the first amendment to the Martyrs Foundation law and, ten minutes earlier, the removal of seven Diwaniyah municipal employees after an arrest campaign14:58credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsFour factions' channels push same Iraqi ports appointment within minutesMedia channels of KH, KSS, Badr Organization and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina published the same Council of Ministers order appointing Alaa Abdel Hassan Ali (named as Captain Alaa Abdel Hassan al-Ukaili) to head the General Company for Iraqi Ports within a 22-minute span on 28 July14:10credible evidenceKH · KSSInternal Iraqi affairsKH and KSS channels tout arrest-linked purges of state officialsKH-affiliated Unit 10,000 and KSS-affiliated iNEWS separately reported detention-linked dismissals of state officials: an electricity director and eight managers over 6.17bn dinars of forged paperwork, and seven Diwaniya municipal employees after an arrest campaign14:10credible evidenceKH · KSSIntra-militia conflictDesk clock shows three high-cadence militia channels long overdueThree tracked actors were not observed in collected sources and three high-cadence channels — Qais al-Khazali's media office, Ashab al-Kahf's official channel and Badr's Baa Platform — are far outside their own posting rhythm while peers posted12:16credible evidenceAAH · Ashab al-KahfInternal Iraqi affairsAAH television airs documents attacking Iraq-Turkey water dealAAH's Al-Ahad TV aired a documents segment asserting the Iraq-Turkey water agreement contains no binding commitments on water releases or dam operations, quoting a Foreign Ministry note that Turkey refused an Iraqi clause request12:16credible evidenceAAHIntra-militia conflictAl-Ittijah TV names Adnan al-Jumaily; peers keep the story anonymousKH's Al-Ittijah TV alone named "the corrupt Adnan al-Jumaily" and announced the arrest of an associate holding information on his partners, while four peer channels carried only the neutral Integrity Commission figures10:18credible evidenceKH · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr's station carries higher-education minister's grading directiveBadr's official Al-Ghadeer TV carried the Higher Education Minister's directive instructing university councils to grant five bonus marks to resolve critical cases among non-graduating students10:18credible evidenceBadr OrganizationMilitia violenceTwo militia channels post identical Jordan drone-strike reportKH-affiliated Sabereen News and Ashab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam posted identical wording two minutes apart reporting drone strikes on eastern Jordan's desert, naming no perpetrator10:18preponderanceKH · Ashab al-KahfInternal Iraqi affairsAAH's Al-Ahad TV announces arrest of ex-Tikrit administratorAl-Ahad TV, Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official broadcaster, announced the arrest of former Tikrit district administrator Omar Tariq al-Shindakh on a charge of signing forged instruments, without stating who made the arrest06:22preponderanceAAHMilitia violenceKataib Hezbollah channel reports suicide-drone strike on Erbil campSabereen News, affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, reported continuing fires at Giznikan camp in Erbil after it was "targeted by suicide drones", naming no attacker and not claiming the strike for Kataib Hezbollah01:44preponderanceKHIntra-militia conflictKataib Hezbollah outlet brands struck Kurdish parties "saboteur terrorists"Unit 10,000, affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, relayed a statement by Iraqi Kurdish parties confirming several of their headquarters and camps in Erbil were targeted, labelling them "the saboteur terrorist parties"01:44credible evidenceKH · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceKataib Hezbollah and Badr channels report drones over SulaymaniyahSabereen News, Unit 10,000 and Al-Ghadeer TV each reported drones over Sulaymaniyah governorate within eleven minutes, giving no mission, target or operator01:44credible evidenceKH · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsThree faction networks carry Tikrit administrator's arrest within minutesKataib Hezbollah-affiliated, Badr-official and Ashab al-Kahf-linked outlets all carried the anti-corruption arrest of Tikrit's former district administrator Omar al-Shndah within seven minutes01:44credible evidenceKH · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsAAH channel presses electricity minister over missing maintenance fundsAl-Ahad TV, AAH's official media, amplified First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fihhan asking the electricity minister "where did the maintenance money go?" during a parliamentary hosting01:44credible evidenceAAHInternal Iraqi affairsKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada outlet reports Anbar cash-and-weapons seizureiNEWS, affiliated with Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, reported an unnamed security force raiding an alleged Islamic State "house of Muslim funds" in Rawa, Anbar, arresting five and seizing cash, weapons and documents01:44preponderanceKSSMilitia violenceKataib Hezbollah claims strikes on Erbil parties and US consulateKataib Hezbollah's Al-Ittijah TV and Sabereen News published eleven posts between 21:11 and 21:35 UTC on 27 July claiming strikes on Kurdish party headquarters and radars across Erbil and on "the American occupation consulate in Erbil"00:45preponderanceKHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr spokesman attacks state audit board on AAH televisionAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV gave Badr bloc spokesman Hamid al-Mousawi four consecutive segments attacking the Board of Supreme Audit over a staff housing land deal, naming Khamis al-Khanjar's nephew as the investor, and signalling pressure on General Electric's contracts00:45credible evidenceBadr Organization · AAH
MONDAY, 27 JULY 202617 SIGNALS
Internal Iraqi affairsSadiqoun MP calls parliament's electricity-ministry recommendations fully bindingAn Asaib Ahl al-Haq Sadiqoun bloc member on the energy committee told AAH's own Al-Ahad TV that parliament's recommendations to the Electricity Ministry are "fully binding" and that reviewing previous contracts is the most important of them23:52credible evidenceAAHIntra-militia conflictThree habitually active channels stay quiet through drone and Saudi messagingAssessed: Qais al-Khazali's media office, Ashab al-Kahf's armed-group channel and Badr's Baa Platform published nothing while their peers carried the Anbar drone reports and the Saudi warning23:52preponderanceAAH · Ashab al-KahfMilitia violenceIslamic Resistance in Iraq warns Riyadh after denying oil-facility strikesA statement issued in the name of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq denied Iraqi responsibility for strikes on Saudi oil facilities and said "any foolish Saudi action will be met with a harsh response"23:52credible evidenceIslamic Resistance in Iraq · KHMilitia violenceThree factions report American drone down in Anbar; nobody claims itAsaib Ahl al-Haq, Badr Organization and Kataib Hezbollah channels all reported an American drone down in Anbar, with Asaib Ahl al-Haq saying it was hit by direct fire, and no faction claiming responsibility23:52preponderanceAAH · Badr OrganizationMilitia violenceKSS-aligned outlet: no American hostile act without a responseiNEWS, a Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-aligned outlet, carried a statement attributed to the Khatim al-Anbiya headquarters saying its armed forces will not leave any American threat or hostile act without a response23:01credible evidenceKSSIntra-militia conflictKSS-aligned outlet has al-Muslamawi correcting al-Khazali on ministry summonsiNEWS, a Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-aligned outlet, carried al-Muslamawi contradicting al-Khazali on who requested the electricity minister's appearance before parliament23:01preponderanceKSS · AAHIntra-militia conflictKhazali's office and Ashab al-Kahf channel quiet through Anbar drone reportsQais al-Khazali's media office has published nothing for 32 hours and Ashab al-Kahf's official armed-group channel nothing for 245 hours while peer channels carried an American drone loss in Anbar and a firm-response statement23:01preponderanceAAH · Ashab al-KahfInternal Iraqi affairsBadr figures attack electricity portfolio, name Zaidi campaign targetBadr Organization figures on Watan TV attacked the electricity portfolio and said the Zaidi campaign had reached politician Muthanna al-Samarrai, while a Badr parliamentary spokesman on AAH's Al-Ahad TV pressed the audit board and contract balance23:01credible evidenceBadr Organization · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr and KH outlets push adviser's Ukrainian-cells attack claimBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV and KH-affiliated Unit 10,000 both carried, six minutes apart, a claim attributed to Iraq's national security adviser that Ukrainian intelligence cells are carrying out attacks in Iraq and attributing them to the resistance factions23:01credible evidenceBadr Organization · KHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr spokesman attacks Iraq's audit bureau on Asaib Ahl al-Haq TVBadr Organization's parliamentary spokesman Hamid al-Moussawi used Asaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV to accuse the Financial Oversight Bureau of 125 legal violations and of being installed by Khamis al-Khanjar21:55credible evidenceBadr Organization · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsTwo faction outlets converge on Electricity Ministry spendingAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV and KSS-aligned iNEWS ran parallel attacks on the Electricity Ministry, pairing the minister's own 54-trillion-dinar admission with corruption and ghost-generator allegations21:55credible evidenceAAH · KSSInternal Iraqi affairsThree faction outlets relay same university grading directive in minutesSabereen News, Al-Ghadeer TV and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi published the higher education ministry's five-bonus-point directive within four minutes of each other in near-identical wording21:55credible evidenceKH · Badr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsBadr channel blames Taqaddum–Azm quarrel for frozen Anbar contractsWatan TV, a Badr-affiliated outlet, aired a caller and a named-on-air speaker attributing the freeze of 5,160 Anbar education contracts to a purely political quarrel between the Taqaddum and Azm parties20:16credible evidenceBadr OrganizationMilitia violenceKH-linked outlet relabels downed Babel drone American, claims nothingSabereen News, a KH-affiliated outlet, escalated its own wording from "an unidentified drone" to "the hostile American drone" across three videos of a burning drone in Muyalaha north of Babel, while no Iraqi group claimed responsibility in the collected window20:16preponderanceKH · KSSMilitia violenceSabereen circulates US Gulf airspace warning as build-up evidenceSabereen News, a KH-affiliated outlet, circulated a US Federal Aviation Administration notice on increased military activity in the Bahrain flight information region, framing the American warning itself as evidence of Gulf military build-up20:16credible evidenceKHIntra-militia conflictKhazali office, KAF Center, Baa and Ashab al-Kahf run past cadenceFour tracked channels including Qais al-Khazali's media office and KH's KAF Center are running far beyond their own posting cadence while Badr and Nujaba outlets published through the window16:42credible evidenceAAH · KHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr media drives judiciary extortion case; Sabereen matches it instantlyBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV and Watan TV pushed judicial detail on an arrested judiciary impersonator accused of extorting the Najaf airport director, the provincial electricity distribution chief and the land-registry director, with KH-affiliated Sabereen News matching one item verbatim within two seconds16:42credible evidenceBadr Organization · KH
SUNDAY, 26 JULY 202622 SIGNALS
Internal Iraqi affairsKSS-aligned iNEWS pairs an arrest report against Adnan al-Jumaily's in-law with a jab that the audit board's report never mentions al-Jumaily21:43mediumKSSIntra-militia conflictBadr-aligned Watan TV says factions "claiming resistance" are being summoned to court and that it will name those smuggling weapons to Syria21:43highBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-aligned Watan TV announces nationwide "Alert (C)" for all military units and security agencies from 28 July to secure Arbaeen17:49mediumBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsKH-affiliated Sabereen News reports a Prime Ministry freeze on all security-personnel transfers and assignments across agencies and ministries, without factional comment17:49mediumKHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV and KH-affiliated Sabereen News carry identical wording on Southern Refineries shifting surplus oil exports to land crossings with SOMO16:55mediumBadr Organization · KHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-affiliated Watan TV reports arrest of the Azm bloc chief in Salah al-Din council, tying him to a detained figure's corruption file15:43mediumBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's own channel says the State Board of Audit "needs oversight" and claims to hold a corruption file on its senior officials14:44mediumHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaInternal Iraqi affairsBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV promotes the electricity ministry's move to cut supply to institutions in arrears, with no state attribution in the post13:55mediumBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsBadr's official channel is the surfacing point for the recovery of a named brigadier general's body from the Tigris, with no cause of death stated12:09mediumBadr OrganizationInternal Iraqi affairsBadr and Kataib Hezbollah official channels both flag a security force raid on Diwaniyah municipality and the arrest of an employee within a minute of each other12:09mediumBadr Organization · KHMilitia violenceAshab al-Kahf and Nujaba channels post near-identical two-word artillery location reports on south Lebanon within thirty seconds, with no stated authorship12:09mediumAshab al-Kahf · NujabaInternal Iraqi affairsKH-, KSS-, AAH-, Badr- and Ashab al-Kahf-linked channels carry the 27-billion-dinar Oil Ministry seizure within twenty minutes, none adding factional framing about the detained deputy minister11:04mediumKH · KSSInternal Iraqi affairsAAH's Al-Ahad TV credits its own Sadiqun bloc with 'leading' the legislative push on PMF service and pension law, with no other faction observed carrying it11:04mediumAAH · PMFMilitia violenceAAH's Al-Ahad TV frames past 'casualties at the American bases' as having forced Washington to back down — deterrence claimed without any new operational claim11:04mediumAAHInternal Iraqi affairsBadr, AAH, KSS and KH media arms all push the same Integrity Commission land-forgery announcement within twenty minutes, converting an anti-corruption action into faction content10:18mediumBadr Organization · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's channel pushes MP Murtada al-Saadi's parliamentary demand to reallocate public and private hiring quotas to PMF martyrs' families10:18mediumAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · PMFInternal Iraqi affairsAl-Janoub TV names Abd al-Amir al-Shammari and Thabit al-Abbasi over an alleged 11,000-grade appointments scheme and calls on al-Zaidi to return08:25highHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaMilitia violenceNujaba's executive council chairman announces a previously unseen unit, Liwa Karbalaiyun al-Khadami, described as operating in all Iraqi governorates04:03mediumNujabaInternal Iraqi affairsHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's channel presents Major General Tahseen al-Khafaji as adopting the case of personnel whose contracts were annulled02:37mediumHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Tahseen al-KhafajiIntra-militia conflictAl-Janoub TV airs Kazim al-Hajj blaming "part of the Framework" for bringing in Khamis al-Khanjar and saying Shia forces "squandered" the Popular Mobilization Forces02:37highHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Coordination FrameworkInternal Iraqi affairsAAH's Al-Ahad TV declares the "global veto" on the PMF service and retirement law lifted and puts the government on a clock00:37mediumAAH · Harakat al-SadiqounMilitia violenceBadr Organization's own broadcaster carries a named threat naming Britain "a confirmed and legitimate target" over B-1 bomber basing00:37mediumBadr Organization
SATURDAY, 25 JULY 20268 SIGNALS
Militia violenceKSS-affiliated iNEWS airs a Sadiqoun member's conditional armed-readiness threat against the Iraqi state, with a specific fighter count22:50mediumKSS · AAHInternal Iraqi affairsKataib Hezbollah's Al-Ittijah TV runs a coordinated Hoquq bloc line on Washington agreements, Khor Abdullah inducements and a court referral at the media regulator22:50mediumKH · Hoquq blocIntra-militia conflictAbu Mithaq al-Masari attacks the Reconstruction and Development Coalition over its criticism of Iran and its Ba'athist personnel22:50mediumKSSInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-affiliated Watan TV runs a documents-based attack on the Health Ministry over unhired medical graduates, rejecting the deficit excuse21:48mediumBadr OrganizationIntra-militia conflictHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's Al-Janoub TV airs a named dispute over who is paying the Anbar protesters03:25mediumHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaInternal Iraqi affairsBadr-, AAH- and KSS-linked outlets run parallel corruption accusations that spare allies and name specific rivals03:25mediumBadr Organization · AAHMilitia violenceFive channels of three rival factions publish the same Baghdad military convoy footage within 42 minutes, without stating whose forces or where they were going03:25mediumKH · KSSMilitia violenceBadr Organization announces reinforced PMF deployment on the Najaf–Karbala road, positioning itself as the pilgrimage's security provider03:25highBadr Organization · PMF