August 2026
500 SIGNALS · THE CLOSED VOLUMEMONDAY, 31 AUGUST 202634 SIGNALS
Assessed: Badr-affiliated Watan TV carries Maysan sit-in warningAssessed: Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carries a Maysan contracts representative’s warning of sit-ins until permanent appointment.21:20 · filed 31 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Maysan contracts representativeKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV rejects state weapons control as AAH channel carries criticismAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) opposes state weapons control while Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carries criticism of factional resistance21:562 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHJerusalem Post reports militia member sentenced for kidnapping journalistThe Jerusalem Post reports Iraq sentenced an unidentified militia member for kidnapping an American journalist21:521 channel · 1 networkIraqi judiciary · unidentified militia memberAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports unexplained Tikrit battleAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) reports an unexplained Tikrit “battle” without naming participants.19:451 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports possible Iraqi borrowing from U.S. banksAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) reports Iraqi debt above IQD 106 trillion and possible U.S.-bank borrowing.18:401 channel · 1 networkAAH · Iraqi governmentAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV relays Nineveh fuel-allocation claimAl-Ahad TV relays a Nineveh fuel-station owner’s claim that Kurdistan Region pressure over allocation-sharing caused the gasoline shortage18:171 channel · 1 networkAAH · Kurdistan RegionBadr Organization-aligned Watan TV reports al-Amiri’s financial-sovereignty callWatan TV attributes Hadi al-Amiri a call to free Iraq’s financial decision-making from U.S. dominance18:111 channel · 1 networkHadi al-Amiri · Badr OrganizationAnbar PMF commander denies evacuation and affirms readinessAn Anbar PMF commander reportedly denied headquarters evacuations and affirmed continued readiness, while Watan TV carried only the denial17:022 channels · 1 networkPMF · Badr OrganizationAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV says right to respond is guaranteedAl-Ahad TV invoked al-Dawra duty martyrs and said the right to respond is guaranteed16:561 channel · 1 networkAAHKSS-aligned Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi says Hamid Awad Zadeh killed on Lark IslandAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi, a KSS-affiliated channel, eulogizes Hamid Awad Zadeh as killed in a U.S. attack on Lark Island16:241 channel · 1 networkKSS · Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKH-aligned Unit 10,000 questions fuel crisis and 2026 budgetUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) questions the fuel crisis and 2026 budget despite regular oil exports14:501 channel · 1 networkKHNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV quotes retaliation words tied to IranAl-Nujaba TV quotes an unidentified Khatam al-Anbiya commander saying any enemy action against Iran would be answered by “rubbing its nose in the dirt”13:561 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters commanderKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV reports court seizure of Adnan al-Jumaili aide's assetsChannels tied to KH, Badr Organization, KSS, Ashab al-Kahf and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina converge on the judiciary’s asset-seizure report13:538 channels · 5 networksKH · Badr OrganizationKSS-aligned iNEWS reports Ali Nouri’s dismissive responseiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) reports a dismissive exchange between Ali Mujbil and Ali Nouri12:26 · filed 31 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAli Mujbil · Ali NouriKSS-aligned iNEWS reports generators association complaint against Oil MinistryiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) carries a generators association complaint against the Oil Ministry13:081 channel · 1 networkKSS · Generators associationAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV carries four-route pipeline proposalAl-Ahad TV carries four-route oil pipeline proposal without naming the routes or sponsors11:511 channel · 1 networkAAHNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV claims rifle found with Doura suspectsAl-Nujaba TV alone adds an alleged rifle seizure to the common Doura case relay12:028 channels · 6 networksNujaba · KHKH-aligned Sabereen News reports Khanaqin arrest warrants for Kurdish party officialsTwo KH-affiliated channels report arrest warrants against KDP and PUK officials in Khanaqin11:35 · filed 31 Aug2 channels · 1 networkKH · Kurdistan Democratic PartyAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV says clashes have resumedAl-Ahad TV says fragile de-escalation fractured and clashes resumed after U.S. aggression11:131 channel · 1 networkAAHShafaq News says PMF vacated Anbar sitesPress reports indicate the PMF evacuated or reduced its presence at Anbar sites amid anticipated targeting10:142 channels · 1 networkPMFAl-Ghadeer reports halt to Anbar land auctionAl-Ghadeer TV reported that the Integrity Commission halted a 550-dunum Anbar land auction over a claimed 19-billion-dinar loss09:31 · filed 31 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Integrity CommissionKSS-aligned iNEWS and other faction media report UAE coast attackAAH-, KH- and KSS-linked media aligned in reporting an attack on the UAE coast without naming the attacker09:25 · filed 31 Aug3 channels · 3 networksAAH · KHHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV links militia weapons to foreign withdrawalAl-Janoub TV links the factions’ weapons posture to foreign withdrawal without naming a faction or operational step07:341 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaAshab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam asserts U.S. bases in Jordan were attackedShabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media) publishes an unattributed assertion of missile-and-drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan03:361 channel · 1 networkAshab al-KahfAl-Ahad carries accusations against Faleh al-FayyadAl-Ahad TV carries Mehdi al-Husseini’s accusations of negligence and political conduct against Faleh al-Fayyad02:421 channel · 1 networkAAH · Mehdi al-HusseiniKSS-aligned iNEWS says footage shows a combined attack launchiNEWS frames footage as a combined regional attack launch while KH- and Badr-linked media report effects without naming an Iraqi operator02:515 channels · 3 networksKSS · KHKH-aligned Sabereen News reports missiles toward Muwaffaq Salti baseKH-, Badr- and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-linked channels reported explosions and missiles toward Muwaffaq Salti without claiming responsibility00:524 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationKH-aligned Unit 10,000 reports missiles over LebanonUnit 10,000 reported “Haydari missiles” over Lebanon without identifying an operator or target01:021 channel · 1 networkKHKH-aligned Sabereen News rejects “strike and flee”Sabereen News said the era of “strike and flee” was over and invoked Khamenei00:421 channel · 1 networkKHHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV reports tri-border security callAl-Janoub TV relayed a border commander’s call to strengthen security at the tri-border area22:29 · filed 31 Aug1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaBadr Organization-aligned Watan TV airs claim of Sudani-Abdul Mahdi clashBadr-aligned Watan TV carries Muhammad Nanaa’s allegation of a Sudani-Abdul Mahdi dispute over Khamis al-Khanjar’s gains23:471 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Muhammad NanaaBadr Organization-aligned Watan TV reports MP halted schoolbook printing contractsBadr-aligned Watan TV reports Muhammad al-Khafaji halted schoolbook-printing contracting pending resolution00:001 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Muhammad al-KhafajiHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV reports land-post deletion orderAl-Janoub TV attributes an agricultural-land post deletion order to the Babil governor23:581 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Babil governorAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV links Doura to al-KhanjarAAH’s Al-Ahad TV links the Doura killings to land encroachment and al-Khanjar’s political network00:161 channel · 1 networkAAH · Khamis al-KhanjarSUNDAY, 30 AUGUST 202655 SIGNALS
Sadiqoun's Mahdi al-Husseini says Fayyadh must face accountabilityAssessed: Sadiqoun’s Mahdi al-Husseini demands Faleh al-Fayyad’s accountability while Abu Mithaq al-Masari contextualizes the selective warning22:531 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocKSS-aligned iNEWS claims IQD 1.3 trillion recoveryiNEWS claims the “Dawn Operation” recovered more than IQD 1.3 trillion for Iraq’s treasury22:531 channel · 1 networkKSS · iNEWSKSS-aligned iNEWS claims Muntasirun proposal would yield $180 millioniNEWS promotes a Muntasirun proposal promising employment gains and $180 million for Iraq’s treasury22:541 channel · 1 networkKSS · Muntasirun blocAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports ministry referrals over alleged PMF insultAl-Ahad reports that Iraq’s media authority referred an alleged PMF insult to Interior and Foreign Affairs22:351 channel · 1 networkAAH · Al-Ahad TVAshab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam reports an explosion against Israeli forcesShabab al-Islam reports an explosion against Israeli forces in Sarbin without naming the perpetrator22:121 channel · 1 networkAshab al-KahfKSS-aligned iNEWS frames a Fayyad-Sadiqoun conflictiNEWS frames Abu Mithaq al-Masari’s legislative sequencing demand as a Fayyad-Sadiqoun conflict21:32 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSS · AAHKH-aligned Sabereen News relays MP's al-Khanjar contract allegationSabereen News and Unit 10,000 relay Ahmad Shahid’s $180 million al-Khanjar family contract allegation21:362 channels · 1 networkKH · Ahmad ShahidAl-Ahad carries Mines Directorate contract allegationsAl-Ahad TV carries the environment minister’s Mines Directorate contract allegations and transfer proposal21:431 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sarwa Abdul-WahidAl-Ahad carries martyr salaries allegationAl-Ahad TV carries al-Atwani’s allegation that more than 30,000 alleged terrorists receive martyr salaries21:21 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · al-AtwaniAl-Ahad carries Mansour Theater intervention claimsAl-Ahad TV carries the environment minister’s Mansour Theater hold and Jabbar Joudi rotation demands21:521 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sarwa Abdul-WahidKSS-aligned iNEWS reports ten conditions for weapons handoverKSS-affiliated iNEWS reports that unnamed factions condition weapons handover on ten demands21:171 channel · 1 networkKSS · Unnamed Iraqi factionsAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV carries disputed claims against Faleh al-FayyadAAH-linked channels pair casualty-accountability criticism of Faleh al-Fayyad with parliamentary pressure for his possible removal21:102 channels · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV says US pressure blocks security appointmentsKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV presses for security-ministry appointments and alleges U.S. pressure over the process20:17 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKH · Iraqi parliamentShafaq News reports Basra sit-in demanding PMF Commission lawShafaq News reports a Basra sit-in demanding passage of the PMF Commission law18:54 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkPMF Commission · Unidentified Basra protestersKH-aligned Sabereen News says, “We are coming, Sana'a”Sabereen News publishes “We are coming, Sana'a” without operational details19:561 channel · 1 networkKH · Sabereen NewsKH and Nujaba media amplify PMF law demandSabereen News and Al-Nujaba TV publicize a popular-movement demand for passage of the PMF law19:392 channels · 2 networksKH · Nujabamiddle-east-online.com says KSS ties weapons handover to ten conditionsPress reports attribute weapons refusal or conditional surrender to Iraqi factions and KSS19:272 channels · 1 networkKSS · Iraqi factionsAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV alleges billions owed by two menAl-Ahad TV alleges prison terms, repayments and confiscations against Talal al-Zoubai and Ali Ma'arj18:501 channel · 1 networkAAH · Talal al-ZoubaiKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV reports Education Ministry complaintsAl-Ittijah TV reports complaints of mistreatment and obstructed transactions at the Education Ministry19:031 channel · 1 networkKH · Ministry of Education of IraqNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV republishes a 2023 municipal appointmentAl-Nujaba TV republishes a 2023 order assigning Taha Nasser to Sadr City Municipality19:191 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Taha Nasser KrishatHadi al-Amiri says prime minister cannot confront the resistanceHadi al-Amiri the prime minister cannot confront the resistance18:121 channel · 1 networkHadi al-Amiri · Badr OrganizationKH-aligned Sabereen News says disarmament would be suicideSabereen News (KH — affiliated) says relinquishing resistance weapons is suicide17:491 channel · 1 networkKHKSS-aligned iNEWS alleges mass compensation fraudiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) alleges 22,000 fictitious-martyr transactions in Anbar17:31 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSSشفق نيوز reports PMF law nearing Parliament voteAl-Janoub TV and شفق نيوز report PMF legislation nearing Parliament17:572 channels · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Jawad Rahim al-Sa’adiKH and KSS channels call al-Kahlout a martyrKH- and KSS-aligned channels jointly describe Hudhayfa al-Kahlout as a martyr commander17:013 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSAAH- and KSS-aligned outlets say al-Zaidi received two martyrs' familiesAAH and KSS outlets report recognition of two unnamed duty martyrs, with Al-Ahad adding family care and higher ranks17:082 channels · 2 networksAAH · KSSKSS-aligned Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi reports man killed in Erbil clashAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi reports one man killed in an armed clash in Erbil16:371 channel · 1 networkKSSKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV carries guest's U.S. withdrawal claimAl-Ittijah TV carries al-Aboudi’s claim that resistance strikes caused the U.S. withdrawal15:491 channel · 1 networkKH · al-Aboudiالمنشر الإخباري reports Sadr-Amiri weapons disputeالمنشر الإخباري reports a heated Sadr-Amiri dispute over weapons control16:121 channel · 1 networkHadi al-Amiri · Badr OrganizationNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV guest calls weapons a mujahidin trustAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) carries Ismail al-Najjar’s view that weapons are a mujahidin trust, not a political decision15:001 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Dr. Ismail al-NajjarMEMRI reports militia set ten disarmament conditionsMEMRI reports that an unidentified Iraqi militia set ten disarmament conditions without supplying the terms15:221 channel · 1 networkUnidentified Iraqi militiaShafaq News says deleted provisions bring PMF closer to restructuringShafaq News reports deleted US-veto provisions could advance PMF restructuring and retirement15:211 channel · 1 networkPopular Mobilization Forces · Iraqi governmentKataib Hezbollah’s Wasit gathering rejects weapons handoverKataib Hezbollah’s Wasit representation rejects weapons handover as Hadi al-Amiri backs PMF legislation14:402 channels · 1 networkKataib Hezbollah · Hadi al-AmiriKSS-aligned iNEWS reports 3,000 dunams for Khamis al-KhanjariNEWS reports 3,000 dunams for al-Khanjar alongside a proposed leather-factory relocation13:47 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSS · al-KhanjarAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports tighter account scrutinyAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reports tighter Central Bank scrutiny of senior officials’ funds and accounts12:381 channel · 1 networkAAH · Central Bank of IraqKSS-aligned Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi reports three Interior Ministry assignmentsAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) cites a security source for three Interior Ministry assignments12:421 channel · 1 networkKSS · Iraqi Interior MinistryKH-aligned Sabereen News and nine channels report Tikrit gold raidTen watched channels amplify an alleged Integrity Commission raid and gold seizure in Tikrit12:506 channels · 4 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAl-Quds al-Arabi reports KSS disarmament conditionsAl-Quds al-Arabi reports ten KSS disarmament conditions and Hadi al-Amiri’s pledge to prevent a government clash12:121 channel · 1 networkKSS · Hadi al-AmiriFalih al-Khazali's refinery approval claim contradicted by displayed documentFalih al-Khazali’s refinery approval claim outruns the displayed request for further ministry review11:502 channels · 2 networksFalih al-Khazali · KSSBadr Organization-owned Al-Ghadeer TV reports two Interior Ministry appointmentsAl-Ghadeer TV reports Jamal al-Asadi and Hamid al-Hasani appointed to Interior Ministry security posts12:031 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Jamal al-AsadiNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV reports initial approval for refinery hiring proposalsAl-Nujaba TV reports Falih al-Khazali’s claim of initial approval for Iraqi hiring proposals at the Basra refinery FCC project11:091 channel · 1 networkFalih al-Khazali · KSSKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV reports al-Amiri’s defense of resistance factionsAl-Ittijah TV attributes Hadi al-Amiri a defense of resistance factions during the weapons-regulation debate10:491 channel · 1 networkHadi al-Amiri · Badr OrganizationAl-Ittijah reports a 95-property corruption seizureAl-Ittijah TV reports seizure of records for 95 properties in a Salah al-Din corruption investigation10:001 channel · 1 networkKH · Integrity CommissionBadr Organization-owned Al-Ghadeer TV and five outlets report Babil electricity detentionsSix militia-linked outlets converged on the Babil Electricity detention report without adding faction-specific framing10:196 channels · 5 networksBadr Organization · KHNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV reports Basra wage protestAl-Nujaba TV reports Basra education-contract workers protesting nine months of unpaid salaries09:31 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujabaHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV carries forecast of deaths at September sit-inAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) carries al-Dhahawi’s forecast of deaths at the 7 September sit-in.07:031 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Al-DhahawiAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV carries car-bomb readiness warningAl-Ahad TV carries Issam Hussein’s warning that car-bomb and suicide-attack capability is ready pending an external decision.03:431 channel · 1 networkIssam Hussein · Al-Ahad TVAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV carries call to halt al-Khanjar investmentsAl-Ahad TV carries Issam Hussein’s call to halt Khamis al-Khanjar’s investments over alleged sectarian economic activity.03:451 channel · 1 networkIssam Hussein · Al-Ahad TVAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV carries allegation over Doura killingAl-Ahad TV carries Issam Hussein’s allegation that the Doura brigadier’s killer had political-religious backing and Madkhali ties.03:461 channel · 1 networkIssam Hussein · Al-Ahad TVAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV says political groups cultivate extremist elementsAl-Ahad TV frames Issam Hussein’s al-Doura discussion around an allegation that political groups are cultivating extremist and racist elements.03:171 channel · 1 networkAAH · Issam HusseinBadr Organization-owned Al-Ghadeer TV relays a 2027 payroll promiseAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) relays a Finance Ministry promise of permanent 2027 payroll status01:321 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Iraqi Finance MinistryAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV relays Doura killing accusationsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) relays convergent but unverified accusations over the Doura killing23:22 · filed 30 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Essam HusseinKSS-aligned iNEWS reports KSS set ten arms conditionsiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) report that KSS set ten conditions for regulating arms01:052 channels · 2 networksKSS · Badr OrganizationHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV reports armed clash during al-Buaytha encroachment removalAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official owned media) reports an armed confrontation during an al-Buaytha enforcement operation without identifying the participants00:591 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Unidentified armed participantsKSS-aligned iNEWS relays activist’s al-Jumaili funding allegationiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned) relays an unnamed activist’s unverified allegation that Adnan al-Jumaili’s funds were prepared for entities targeting Iraq00:171 channel · 1 networkiNEWS · KSSSATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 202631 SIGNALS
Al-Atiya and al-Fandi press Fayyad to answer parliamentAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carries two guests pressing Faleh al-Fayyad over his reported failure to appear before parliament.23:341 channel · 1 networkAAH · Muntather al-AtiyaKH-aligned Sabereen News and allied outlets report PMF raid near RawahKH- and KSS-affiliated outlets and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) republish a PMF operation claim near Rawah.23:284 channels · 3 networksPMF · KHKH-aligned Sabereen News reports PMF destroyed two alleged ISIS hideoutsKH- and KSS-aligned channels identically report a PMF operation destroying two alleged ISIS hideouts near Rawah23:192 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports militia precautions before bombardmentAssessed: Al-Ahad TV reports advance warning to unnamed brigades and unspecified precautions before purported U.S.-Saudi bombardment23:201 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadBadr Organization-aligned Watan TV contrasts al-Amiri with outside-directed factionsWatan TV contrasts externally determined factional decisions with Hadi al-Amiri’s concern for Iraq22:551 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Hadi al-AmiriKSS-aligned iNEWS alleges discounted land grants to insidersiNEWS alleges investment land grants were transferred cheaply to influential insiders and associates22:521 channel · 1 networkKSSKSS conditions weapons regulation on foreign withdrawalsKSS sets ten sovereignty conditions for regulating weapons, including U.S. and Turkish force withdrawals22:32 · filed 29 Aug2 channels · 1 networkKSS · Abu Alaa al-WalaiIssam Hussein says bombing scenarios await an external decisionIssam Hussein alleges politically supported networks await an external decision for bombings and suicide attacks22:581 channel · 1 networkIssam Hussein · AAHKSS-aligned iNEWS reports Dakhil’s airport revenue planiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carries Dakhil’s Mosul airport revenue and self-generated funding plans.22:201 channel · 1 networkDakhil · KSSNujaba’s Al-Nujaba TV carries al-Azzawi’s encroachment allegationAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) carries Ammar al-Azzawi’s allegation that two figures blocked encroachment removals.21:401 channel · 1 networkAmmar al-Azzawi · Ziyad al-JanabiAAH-owned Al-Ahad TV reports ten Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada conditions on arms controlAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reports that Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada set ten conditions for placing weapons under state control; PressTV separately reported conditions without a count21:182 channels · 1 networkKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada · AAHAl-Assaf says Kataib Hezbollah took unspecified measuresAssessed: Abu Mujahid al-Assaf says the PMF chief warned Kataib Hezbollah before alleged Saudi-American aggression and the group took unspecified measures.20:231 channel · 1 networkKH · Abu Mujahid al-AssafKH-owned Al-Ittijah TV reports Wasit conference rejected disarmament callsAl-Ittijah TV reports that a Wasit tribal conference rejected calls to surrender resistance weapons.20:421 channel · 1 networkKHAnsar Allah al-Awfiya says Brigade 19 held border exerciseAnsar Allah al-Awfiya says Brigade 19 conducted a border-readiness exercise20:011 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · PMF Brigade 19KSS-aligned iNEWS alleges major land grant to al-KhanjariNEWS alleges thousands of Jadriya-area dunams were granted to Khamis al-Khanjar19:34 · filed 29 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSS · Khamis al-KhanjarNujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV alleges irregular asset pricingAl-Nujaba TV alleges irregular pricing in shop and Basra land transactions19:32 · filed 29 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Omar TariqAssessed: KH says it took precautions after advance warningKH security official claims advance precautions, a local security role and incomplete PMF intelligence in one statement19:093 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSReports say Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada sets 10 weapons conditionsTwo press reports attribute 10 weapons-regulation conditions to Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada but disclose only U.S. and Turkish withdrawal18:032 channels · 1 networkKSSKSS-aligned iNEWS quotes a smuggling explanation for Mosul’s fuel crisisiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) quotes Abd al-Jabbar blaming smuggling for Mosul’s fuel crisis.17:221 channel · 1 networkKSS · Abd al-JabbarAltra Iraq reports Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada set ten weapons conditionsAltra Iraq reports that Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada set ten conditions for regulating weapons.17:031 channel · 1 networkKataib Sayyid al-ShuhadaKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada says arms may returnKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada conditions arms regulation on ten demands and says weapons may return when necessary17:207 channels · 3 networksKSS · Kata'ib Sayyid al-ShuhadaAbd al-Rahman says war with Hezbollah would burn al-Sharaa and regionAssessed: Abd al-Rahman warns on iNEWS that al-Sharaa and the region would burn in a war with Hezbollah and the PMF15:581 channel · 1 networkAbd al-RahmaniNEWS says ministry offered state textile site for saleiNEWS reports a ministry proposal to sell or invest a state textile company site while the company denies it15:441 channel · 1 networkMinistry of Industry · General Company for Textile and Leather IndustriesKH-affiliated Sabereen News publicizes Basra sit-inSabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned) publicizes a planned Basra sit-in demanding passage of the PMF law14:341 channel · 1 networkKH · Sabereen NewsUnit 10,000 reports PMF explosive-device seizureUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated/aligned media) reports a PMF seizure of locally made explosive devices in Anbar14:001 channel · 1 networkPMF · KHAAH’s Sadiqoun bloc plans to summon al-FayyadhQaisar al-Jourani (AAH — Sadiqoun MP) says the Sadiqoun bloc will proceed with summoning Faleh al-Fayyad14:001 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocIraqi Media News Agency reports al-Amiri says PM backs PMF lawIraqi Media News Agency reports Hadi al-Amiri (Badr Organization — secretary-general) says the prime minister supports legislating a PMF law10:451 channel · 1 networkHadi al-Amiri (Badr Organization — secretary-general) · Badr OrganizationAnsar Allah al-Awfiya publicizes border engineering trainingAnsar Allah al-Awfiya says its 19th Brigade is raising field readiness through military-engineering training in Akashat10:091 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · 19th BrigadeAl-Janoub TV quotes al-Saadi blaming Iraqi governmentAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) quotes MP al-Saadi holding the Iraqi government responsible for violating sovereignty06:591 channel · 1 networkMP al-Saadi · Harakat al-Jihad wal-BinaWatan TV relays Abd al-Zahra’s corruption allegationWatan TV relays Abd al-Zahra’s allegation that billions and gold are being stolen and stored23:371 channel · 1 networkAbd al-Zahra · Watan TVWatan TV relays al-Ghadban’s weapons-control positionWatan TV relays al-Ghadban’s position that weapons restriction must preserve an unspecified defense right00:191 channel · 1 networkAl-Ghadban · Al-ZaydiFRIDAY, 28 AUGUST 202618 SIGNALS
Al-Janoub TV relays Saud al-Saadi's claim of efforts to dissolve the PMFAl-Janoub TV relays Saud al-Saadi’s assertion that efforts seek to dissolve the PMF permanently22:591 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Saud al-SaadiNujaba-affiliated channel relays Lebanon confrontation lineJehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) relays an unidentified speaker’s continued-confrontation position on Lebanon22:141 channel · 1 networkNujabaKH-affiliated channels post 2023 asset-freeze documentsKH-affiliated channels present 2023 asset-freeze documents as a current judicial action21:31 · filed 28 Aug2 channels · 1 networkKH · Alia NasayifKH-affiliated Sabereen News relays weapons-retention lineSabereen News (KH — affiliated) promotes a Basra procession’s refusal to surrender weapons22:081 channel · 1 networkKHSabereen News tells National House Party to discipline Mustafa Abd al-WahidSabereen News tells the National House Party to discipline Mustafa Abd al-Wahid20:161 channel · 1 networkKH · Mustafa Abd al-WahidShabab al-Islam relays Fars claim of forces moving toward HormuzDesk collection finds 12 of 34 watched channels amplifying Fars’s Hormuz force-movement claim19:511 channel · 1 networkAshab al-KahfAl-Ahad TV airs landowner accusation against MPs Janabi and IthawiAl-Ahad TV airs a landowner’s accusation that two MPs protect alleged encroachers20:181 channel · 1 networkAAH · Ziad al-JanabiAl-Ittijah says Sunni weapons threaten Baghdad securityAl-Ittijah TV says uncontrolled Sunni weapons threaten Baghdad after the Doura crime19:091 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Janoub promotes Iraqi control of the weapons fileAl-Janoub TV pairs Iraqi control of weapons with tribal support for resistance18:351 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaHadi al-Amiri prime minister backs PMF lawHadi al-Amiri the prime minister supports legislating the PMF law18:311 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Hadi al-AmiriBloc seeks probe into livestock-company exemptionsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reports a bloc demanding investigation of livestock-company exemptions18:101 channel · 1 networkAAH · Construction and Development blocSabereen frames weapons surrender as collective suicideSabereen News (KH — affiliated) frames a reported Basra gathering as rejecting weapons surrender17:531 channel · 1 networkKHAmiri pushes PMF law with claimed premier supportHadi al-Amiri (Badr Organization — secretary-general) says the PMF law will advance with the prime minister’s support18:203 channels · 3 networksHadi al-Amiri · Badr OrganizationFamily Demands Retribution Against Muhammad al-AithawiAl-Ittijah TV publicizes a family demand for retribution against Muhammad al-Aithawi17:091 channel · 1 networkKH · Family of Brigadier General Hisham MuhammadAmerli Tribes Reject Alleged Resistance and PMF ExtortionAl-Ittijah TV reports Amerli tribes rejecting alleged resistance and PMF extortion over weapons16:351 channel · 1 networkKH · Amerli tribesAnsar Allah al-Awfiya resumes border explosives trainingFAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official) announced Brigade 19’s resumed counter-explosives training at Akashat14:21 · filed 28 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-AwfiyaKH-linked convoy reinforces fighters at Jurf al-NasrAssessed: Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) reported support reaching Jurf al-Nasr fighters as Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) relayed Ibrahim al-Sukaini’s threat against a Daesh return15:482 channels · 2 networksKH · Ashab al-KahfSadiqoun advances the PMF law timetableHabib al-Halawi (AAH — Sadiqoun MP) said the government would send the PMF law within days15:39 · filed 28 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Habib al-HalawiTHURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 20267 SIGNALS
Sabereen attributes deadly Doura firefight to al-Aithawi groupSabereen News (KH — affiliated) attributed the deadly Doura police firefight to a group linked to Saad al-Aithawi, while other faction outlets left the shooters unidentified.12:397 channels · 6 networksKH · KSSAssessed: KH-linked channels reject surrender and relay final warningAssessed: KH-affiliated channels rejected weapons surrender, and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) relayed a “final warning” attributed to KH official Abu Mujahid al-Asaf.11:56 · filed 27 Aug5 channels · 4 networksKH · AAHKH and Nujaba channels report forceful protest dispersalKH- and Nujaba-linked outlets reported that security forces forcibly dispersed and arrested contract protesters outside the Higher Education Ministry.10:26 · filed 27 Aug3 channels · 2 networksKH · NujabaSadiqoun presses government to send PMF lawsSadiqoun spokesman Muhammad al-Baldawi said the bloc pressed the prime minister to send two PMF laws to parliament.11:49 · filed 27 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocBadr MP leaves Syria response openBadr bloc MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi said Badr would respond if Shiism or holy sites in Syria were threatened01:48 · filed 27 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationBadr and Shabaki condition weapons controlBadr conditioned weapons surrender while Qusay al-Shabaki defended regulation and linked it to Turkey01:502 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · AAHAl-Ahad TV intensifies pressure on FayyadAl-Ahad TV repeatedly platformed demands for Faleh al-Fayyad answer parliament, resign or face conditional dismissal01:44 · filed 27 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadWEDNESDAY, 26 AUGUST 202629 SIGNALS
Al-Nujaba amplifies medical appointment demandsAl-Nujaba TV amplified demands for 2025 medical and health appointments19:45 · filed 26 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Zaid Haider al-AridiPMF force handles explosives in AnbarA PMF force was reported handling explosive devices on al-Baghdadi Island in Anbar22:143 channels · 1 networkPMF · KHAl-Ahad presses Fayyadh over parliament absenceAl-Ahad TV pressed Faleh al-Fayyad over his parliamentary absence while a guest called for removal22:031 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadKSS media backs Basra education protestersKSS media supported Basra educators and accused riot police of assaulting protesters21:15 · filed 26 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSS · Falih al-KhazaliAAH accelerates PMF-law pushAAH demanded rapid PMF-law passage while Badr acknowledged earlier internal disputes21:551 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocFalih al-Khazali demands foreign-force removalFalih al-Khazali demanded removal of Turkish and all other foreign forces from Iraq21:411 channel · 1 networkKSS · Falih al-KhazaliKH channels name al-Furaiji a commander-martyrThree KH channels presented Abu Hasan al-Furaiji as a commander-martyr and said “the battalions do it”18:43 · filed 26 Aug3 channels · 1 networkKH · Abu Hasan al-FuraijiAl-Ahad renews Sadiqoun water and finance proposalsAl-Ahad TV renewed promotion of Sadiqoun water and financial legislation documented in 202318:581 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocAAH and Nujaba outlets present opposing al-Khanjar filesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) publicizes allegations against Khamis al-Khanjar while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) relays his judicial complaint17:222 channels · 2 networksAAH · NujabaMedia appeals council upholds presenter suspensionA Communications and Media Commission appeals ruling upheld a 15-day program and presenter suspension15:22 · filed 26 Aug1 channel · 1 networkCommunications and Media Commission Board of Appeal · Ahmed al-TayyibAssessed: Faction-linked outlets converge on Maliki’s clash warningAssessed: KH-, KSS- and Badr-linked outlets relayed Maliki’s warning about confrontation over state control of weapons15:385 channels · 3 networksNouri al-Maliki · KHMP Abu al-Ais demands foreign-force removal without operational timetableMohammed Abu al-Ais used KH-owned media to demand the removal of U.S. and other foreign forces without announcing action14:241 channel · 1 networkKH · Mohammed Abu al-AisKH and KSS channels carry lawsuits; Unit 10,000 names KhanjarKH- and KSS-linked channels reported Faqad al-Musawi's lawsuits, while Unit 10,000 alone blamed Khamis al-Khanjar's network14:123 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSKSS schedules Basra sit-in for PMF lawKSS scheduled a Basra sit-in for the PMF law while KH pressed the government to send the bill to parliament14:262 channels · 2 networksKSS · KHWatan details arms clause; Al-Ahad gives general headlineWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) retained the unlawful-weapons clause that Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) omitted from its headline on the judicial-U.S. meeting13:052 channels · 2 networksAAH · Badr OrganizationFalih al-Khazali presses foreign-force withdrawalFalih al-Khazali (KSS — Muntasirun bloc) calls foreign-force withdrawal a national duty and seeks an Iraqi response to alleged airspace violations12:531 channel · 1 networkFalih al-Khazali · KSSAl-Nujaba TV opens Khanjar fileAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) announces the first installment of a file concerning Khamis al-Khanjar’s nephew12:03 · filed 26 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Ahmad ShahidAl-Ahad TV spotlights Fayyad’s parliamentary exposureAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) paired guests’ scrutiny of Faleh al-Fayyad with a guaranteed-right-of-reply caveat.11:361 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadRiot forces disperse Basra contract-worker protestAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) reported continued Basra wage protests before iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported riot-force dispersal10:312 channels · 2 networksHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · KSSKataib Hezbollah calls al-Hassoun decision unjustKataib Hezbollah, through Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official), called the unspecified decision against Sheikh al-Hassoun “unjust” and targeting national and Islamic figures.09:311 channel · 1 networkKH · Kataib HezbollahAl-Ghadeer TV reports Basra contract-worker sit-inAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported a Basra contract-worker sit-in over delayed financial entitlements without stating a Badr intervention.10:051 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Basra contract employeesAl-Ghadeer TV questions Kurdistan oil contractsAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) promoted Juma al-Atwani’s criticism of Kurdistan Region contracts with American companies as outside constitutional frameworks.06:141 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Juma al-AtwaniHamed al-Moussawi ties parliament to PMF lawsHamed al-Moussawi (Badr bloc spokesman) demanded PMF retirement and structural laws while placing factional weapons under Iraqi state authority04:061 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Hamed al-MoussawiAl-Ghadeer TV airs federal oil-smuggling accusationAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) aired Jumaa al-Atwani’s accusation that the federal government was involved in oil smuggling through the Kurdistan Region02:121 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Jumaa al-AtwaniAl-Ahad TV contests weapons-consolidation pressureAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) paired claims of unequal disarmament pressure with possible U.S. economic sanctions over weapons consolidation02:271 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sajad al-QuraishiAl-Ahad broadens pressure on Fayyad and PMF election practicesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) widened criticism of Faleh al-Fayyad from alleged negligence to arrest calls and alleged PMF election abuse.01:291 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadSadiqoun moves to summon Faleh al-FayyadSadiqoun MP Ahmad Kain al-Khazali says signatures will be collected to summon Faleh al-Fayyad if absences continue23:48 · filed 26 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocAssessed: Badr pledges PMF laws this parliamentary termAssessed: Badr’s Hamed al-Mousawi pledges PMF retirement and structural laws during the current parliamentary term00:111 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Hamed al-MousawiBadr MP demands state contract recordsBadr MP Shakir Mahmoud Laffa requests state contract records over suspected corruption and public-fund waste23:591 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Shakir Mahmoud LaffaTUESDAY, 25 AUGUST 202629 SIGNALS
Sadiqoun presses Falah al-Fayyad through parliamentSadiqoun bloc lawmakers press Falah al-Fayyad to face parliamentary investigation while denying interest in the PMF chair22:581 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocBadr MP seeks Al-Rashid housing reliefBadr MP Muhammad Mahawi al-Shuwaili seeks parliamentary backing for Al-Rashid Camp housing or compensation23:371 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Muhammad Mahawi al-ShuwailiKH-linked outlets publish Zubair explosion noticeSabereen News (KH — affiliated) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) announced a controlled explosion in al-Zubair for 26 August.22:222 channels · 1 networkKHFaction-linked outlets amplify PMF arrest in AnbarAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official), Sabereen News (KH — affiliated), Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) reported a PMF arms-trafficker arrest in Anbar.22:054 channels · 3 networksPMF · Badr OrganizationAl-Ahad broadens Fayyad scrutiny into tenure challengeAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) broadened parliamentary scrutiny of Falih al-Fayyad into criticism of his continued PMF tenure21:491 channel · 1 networkAAH · Falih al-FayyadBadr retains faction arms as Al-Janoub stresses withdrawalHamed al-Mousawi (Badr parliamentary bloc) paired weapons control with retained faction arms as Al-Janoub TV emphasized foreign-force withdrawal21:552 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · Hamed al-MousawiAl-Ittijah airs rejection of disarmament and Jurf returnsAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) aired opposition to surrendering “resistance weapons” and returning alleged extremists to Jurf al-Nasr20:431 channel · 1 networkKH · Attab tribe in WasitKH- and KSS-aligned outlets amplify Anbar salary allegationSabereen News (KH — affiliated) and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) matched on the Martyrs Foundation chairman’s allegation that more than 20,000 ISIS members receive martyr salaries in Anbar19:492 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSAl-Nujaba TV relays proposed election-ID changeAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) relayed the Election Commission’s account that national-ID voting requires Parliament to amend Iraq’s election law19:531 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Election CommissionUnit 10,000 says, “Come, let’s clash at Jurf al-Nasr”Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) rejected weapons handover and said, “Come, let’s clash at Jurf al-Nasr.”17:551 channel · 1 networkKHAAH bloc presses government to send PMF lawAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried Sadiqoun’s demand that the government promptly send PMF legislation to parliament14:55 · filed 25 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocBadr and Nujaba amplify reciprocal-expansion statementBadr and Nujaba official media carried Ibn al-Ridha’s statement that expanded pressure will bring an expanded response14:242 channels · 2 networksNujaba · Badr OrganizationKH and Ashab al-Kahf channels amplify Muhayawi’s parliamentary pushbackSabereen News (KH — affiliated) and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) identically relayed Haider al-Muhayawi’s objections to parliamentary questioning and his account of wartime evacuation measures.12:362 channels · 2 networksHaider al-Muhayawi · KHSabereen News sharpens the court-sentence relaySabereen News (KH — affiliated) alone added that glorifying and promoting Israel resulted in the reported life sentence relayed by five faction-linked channels.11:545 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationIraqi government maintains state-weapons monopolyThe Iraqi government maintains its state-weapons monopoly amid reported disputes over the timetable and mechanism for faction disarmament10:402 channels · 1 networkIraqi government · Iraqi armed factionsSabereen News (KH — affiliated) asks when Saudi channels face blockingSabereen News (KH — affiliated) asked when Saudi channels would be blocked in Iraq over alleged incitement08:071 channel · 1 networkKH · Saudi media outletsAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) spotlights stalled proceduresAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) framed the al-Zaydi government’s first 100-plus days around stalled procedures08:081 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · al-Zaydi governmentAl-Ahad airs call to dismiss FayyadAl-Ahad TV hosted a call to question and potentially dismiss Faleh al-Fayyad07:281 channel · 1 networkAAH · Riyad al-WuhayliAl-Ahad promotes Sadiqoun social programmingAl-Ahad TV hosted a call for Sadiqoun to implement social programs07:261 channel · 1 networkAAH · Qais al-KhazaliAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) blames PMF leadershipAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) blamed poor PMF management, leadership and media performance for weakening the institution05:431 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFFAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official) promotes labor-law amendmentFAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official) promoted MP Murtada al-Saadi’s parliamentary effort to amend Iraq’s labor law05:271 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · Murtada al-SaadiAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) raises employment grievancesAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) raised linked grievances over appointments and public-sector employment rights06:061 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) presses PMF law passageAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) promoted Sadiqoun efforts to restore and pass the Popular Mobilization Forces law03:46 · filed 25 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocAl-Ahad TV challenges Fayyadh’s hold over PMF chairmanshipAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired four critiques contesting Faleh al-Fayyadh’s tenure, dual role and parliamentary absence02:221 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadhMajid Majbas urges prosecution review of Fayhan’s remarksMajid Majbas, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), called Sheikh Adnan Fayhan’s remarks grounds for a public-prosecution investigation01:571 channel · 1 networkAAH · Majid MajbasAl-Ahad TV airs PMF accountability demandsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired calls for institutional accountability over alleged repeated attacks on the PMF02:301 channel · 1 networkAAH · Adnan al-KinaniAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) centers Fayyad in PMF scrutinyAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) converges on scrutiny of Fayyad after an alleged PMF-site strike01:311 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) airs Fayyadh resignation languageAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried guest criticism linking Faleh al-Fayyadh to PMF command and parliamentary-accountability failures.00:361 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadhAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) airs support for private arms talksAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried convergent support for delaying and privately negotiating state control of weapons.00:021 channel · 1 networkAAH · Iraqi governmentMONDAY, 24 AUGUST 202636 SIGNALS
Al-Ahad airs challenges to Fayyad’s PMF tenureAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired consecutive challenges to Faleh al-Fayyad’s parliamentary accountability and continued PMF chairmanship22:51 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Faleh al-FayyadKH and KSS channels amplify resignation accountKH- and KSS-affiliated channels relayed an MP’s account that a security commander could resign over arrest orders against PMF personnel23:343 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSAAH media names Fayyadh; KSS media urges law passageAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) aired calls to question and discipline Faleh al-Fayyad while iNEWS (KSS — affiliated media) urged passage of the PMF law without naming him22:222 channels · 2 networksAAH · KSSAl-Nujaba TV challenges equal application of weapons controlsAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) framed Erbil’s heavy weapons and party forces as evidence of unequal national weapons controls22:171 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Abbas GhadeerAl-Ahad hosts three weapons-control formulasAl-Ahad TV hosted three differing formulas for controlling faction weapons, including retention within the PMF21:531 channel · 1 networkAAH · Iraqi governmentiNEWS pairs jobs protests with refinery scrutinyiNEWS paired public-employment protests with scrutiny of a reported 17-trillion-dinar refinery allocation21:491 channel · 1 networkKSS · Iraqi governmentAssessed: Sadiqoun sets Fayyad three strike-warning testsAssessed: Hussein al-Shaykhani set three tests for Faleh al-Fayyad’s handling of an alleged advance warning of strikes on PMF sites21:161 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocSadiqoun official presses Fayyadh over committee appearanceSadiqoun official Hussein al-Shihani said Faleh al-Fayyadh faces three options after a fact-finding appearance20:441 channel · 1 networkAAH · Hussein al-ShihaniAl-Ittijah TV condemns Erbil’s uncontrolled weaponsAl-Ittijah TV described Erbil’s uncontrolled weapons as repressing Kurds and threatening Iraqi sovereignty20:361 channel · 1 networkKH · ErbilAl-Nujaba TV airs education-contract grievanceAl-Nujaba TV aired Ali Rida’s question about parliamentary action on education contracts19:59 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Ali RidaiNEWS alone adds martyr framing to Jurf renamingiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) alone added martyr framing to the cross-faction relay of Jurf al-Nasr’s renaming19:428 channels · 5 networksKSS · Badr OrganizationAl-Ahad TV relays Kut victims’ demolition objectionAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) relayed victims’ objections to removing the Kut Hypermarket building19:00 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · Kut Hypermarket victims’ spokespersonSabereen News redirects scrutiny from resistance weaponsSabereen News (KH — affiliated) contrasted scrutiny of resistance weapons with unresolved Iraqi service and sovereignty problems18:55 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Nujaba TV foregrounds education-contract grievancesAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) described Education Ministry contracts as a tragedy and aired a procrastination charge19:521 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Ali RezaAAH media repeats Feihan’s union-law pledgeAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) repeatedly reported Feihan’s pledge to schedule a teachers’ union-law amendment18:171 channel · 1 networkAAH · FeihanAAH and KH press parliament on PMF lawAAH and KH official media promote near-term parliamentary action on the PMF law, with AAH adding a claimed 100-signature count16:38 · filed 24 Aug2 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHKH, KSS and Ansar Allah al-Awfiya call supportersKH-, KSS- and Ansar Allah al-Awfiya-linked channels call supporters to march from the Suspended Bridge toward the Republican Palace17:03 · filed 24 Aug4 channels · 3 networksKH · KSSKataib Sayyid al-Shuhada to announce position on weapons fileKataib Sayyid al-Shuhada announces that it will issue a formal position on Iraq’s weapons file15:22 · filed 24 Aug4 channels · 1 networkKSSPMF takes custody of detained personnelMuhannad al-Aqabi says detained PMF personnel were transferred to PMF Security for judicial follow-up14:236 channels · 5 networksPMF · KSSKSS and KH split on Abu Jaafar’s detaining agencyKSS- and KH-affiliated channels named different agencies in Abu Jaafar’s detention before reporting his transfer to PMF security13:513 channels · 2 networksKSS · KHiNEWS reverses course on Interior Ministry candidateiNEWS named Mohammad al-Sultani for the Interior Ministry before carrying State of Law’s denial that any candidate was settled13:352 channels · 1 networkKSS · State of Law CoalitionNabil al-Azzawi calls Fayyad hearing non-politicalNabil al-Azzawi, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), says Fayyad’s parliamentary hosting is not political targeting12:02 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNabil al-Azzawi · Faleh al-FayyadAl-Ahad expands Investment Authority arrest reportingAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) expands the shared Investment Authority arrest report by naming two officials12:395 channels · 4 networksAAH · Badr OrganizationKH leads protest-violence allegations across faction mediaAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) led six faction-linked outlets alleging violence against Baghdad graduate protesters11:236 channels · 4 networksKH · KSSKSS-linked channel alleges abduction; CTS denies PMF staff arrestAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) called four reported PMF detentions an abduction as Counter-Terrorism Service wording denied arresting a PMF staff member11:19 · filed 24 Aug6 channels · 3 networksKSS · AAHAl-Ahad relays al-Hakim’s gradual weapons-control formulaAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) relayed al-Hakim’s call for gradual, dialogue-based state control of weapons11:501 channel · 1 networkAAH · al-HakimMilitia networks contest Baghdad arrests across four factionsKH-, KSS-, Nujaba- and Ashab al-Kahf-linked channels condemned reported state arrests of PMF personnel in Baghdad09:28 · filed 24 Aug4 channels · 4 networksKH · KSSKH links Baghdad protests to alleged PMF pursuitKH-linked outlets connected Baghdad protests to alleged pursuit of PMF fighters, unlike Badr Organization and Nujaba coverage10:124 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationSafaa al-Asam contrasts military rules with Fayyad’s dual rolesSafaa al-Asam argued on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) that Falih al-Fayyad’s political and PMF posts conflict with military-political separation.02:41 · filed 24 Aug1 channel · 1 networkSafaa al-Asam · Falih al-FayyadKH and Badr media shift Khabat framing to road interdictionSabereen News (KH — affiliated) led reporting of Harki clashes before Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported roads blocked against reinforcements around Khabat.02:102 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) pairs Fayyad resistance and penaltiesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired claims of political resistance to hosting Falah al-Fayyad and of possible suspension and imprisonment in his case.02:131 channel · 1 networkAAH · Muhammad al-YasiriHerki tribesmen reportedly mobilize against Peshmerga forces in KhbatMedia linked to five factions report Herki armed mobilization against Peshmerga forces in Erbil01:285 channels · 4 networksHerki tribes · PeshmergaAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) concentrates criticism on FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) concentrates four challenges to Falah al-Fayyad’s PMF leadership01:331 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocSadiqoun presses Fayadh with removal and trial demandsSadiqoun figures demanded legal action and military trial for Falih al-Fayadh while denying interest in his post00:091 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocAAH links PMF law to Fayadh’s exitAAH-linked speakers tied PMF retirement legislation to Fayadh’s exit while KSS-aligned media backed imminent passage00:102 channels · 2 networksAAH · Sadiqoun blocKH and KSS media amplify Erbil armed mobilizationKH- and KSS-aligned media reported Harki-Peshmerga clashes and competing mobilizations in Erbil00:322 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSSUNDAY, 23 AUGUST 202651 SIGNALS
Assessed: Nujaba channel airs vow to close KDP projects in IraqAl-Nujaba TV carried Abu Iraq saying "we stop and close the Democratic Party's projects", addressed to Masoud Barzani with the demand that he respect Iraqi law and the constitution22:52 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujabaAAH bloc presses PMF chairman Fayyad, denies wanting his postAl-Ahad TV ran three consecutive Sadiqoun segments demanding Falah al-Fayyad appear before parliament, with Israa al-Hujaimi alleging "clear shortcoming in Fayyad's work" while denying the bloc seeks the PMF chairmanship22:541 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFSadiqoun claims Labour Ministry and deputy premiershipAl-Ahad TV carried Sadiqoun MP Qaisar al-Jurani saying the bloc has established its entitlement to the Labour Ministry and a deputy premiership23:152 channels · 2 networksAAH · KSSiNEWS alleges third party pushing coalition action against PMFiNEWS quoted Mehdi Amerli alleging a third party is engineering government and coalition action against the PMF, and that political pressure blocked hearings on what it calls the Saudi-American aggression on Iraq22:591 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFKSS and AAH outlets differ on PMF law's stageiNEWS and Al-Ahad TV gave different accounts of where the PMF law stands, one saying parliament awaits the government's submission, the other that it will pass in the current term23:333 channels · 3 networksKSS · AAHNujaba channel pushes Khanjar corruption file, elevates HalbousiAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) aired Khalid Abu Iraq promising a $10 million corruption file on Khamis al-Khanjar would reach the judiciary, while calling Halbousi and Taqaddum more patriotic than Khanjar22:211 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Khamis al-KhanjarAAH calls arms confinement state custody; Nujaba calls it an American demandAAH's al-Jurani defined weapons confinement as state custody rather than handover, while Al-Nujaba TV framed the demand as American — the two channels diverge on the same question within a quarter-hour22:232 channels · 2 networksAAH · NujabaSadiqoun stakes ministry claims and vetoes Atta for InteriorOn Al-Ahad TV, Sadiqoun MP al-Jurani asserted AAH's claim to the Labour Ministry and a deputy premiership, said Qasim Atta "will not pass" for Interior, and reported a promise from PM al-Zaidi to send the PMF retirement law within a week or two22:081 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFSadiqoun MPs move on Fayyad, then deny targeting himAssessed: AAH's Sadiqoun bloc used Al-Ahad TV to threaten to question PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyad and demand his dismissal, while the same MP said there is no political targeting of Fayyad22:311 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKSS channel reports PMF firefight and readiness at Tuz KhurmatuiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported Popular Mobilization Forces engaging what it called Islamic State remnants at Tuz Khurmatu, with a security-committee member calling for the area to be fully cleared22:271 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFNujaba channel airs threat to cut Baghdad–Erbil roads and tradeAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) broadcast Khalid Abu Iraq saying "this is the last warning" and threatening to cut roads and trade between Baghdad and Erbil22:261 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Masoud BarzaniKhafaji defends resistance weapons on Al-Janoub TVAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) carried MP Miqdad al-Khafaji saying the resistance's weapons are important in the country's current critical phase21:151 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaKH flags PMF law vote as AAH moves salary billAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) reported MP Diaa al-Zaidi saying the PMF law is close to reaching parliament for a vote, while Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) posted the legal committee's approval of a Sadiqoun-sponsored salary-scale amendment21:402 channels · 2 networksKH · AAHNujaba TV mocks Khanjar over access to Jurf al-NasrAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) aired Khalid Abu Iraq mocking Khamis al-Khanjar's reported wish to reach Jurf al-Nasr, saying "let him see it on YouTube"21:261 channel · 1 networkNujabaKH-aligned channel pushes Baghdad to answer Saudi "intervention"Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) amplified MP Saad al-Awadi calling Saudi intervention in Iraqi affairs "blatant" and demanding the Foreign Ministry respond directly21:131 channel · 1 networkKHAAH channel presses Fayyadh over unwarned PMF brigadeAssessed: Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran three consecutive items within seven minutes alleging Falih al-Fayyadh was warned of an attack on PMF headquarters while Brigade 30 in the Nineveh Plain was not, and carrying the line that his removal as PMF chairman is "inevitable"20:52 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKSS-aligned channel pushes parliament to settle the PMF lawiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried two PMF-law items ten minutes apart: an Ishraqat Kanun call for parliament to settle the law "away from political disputes," and a report attributed to Shaghati that it will be placed on the agenda soon20:011 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFKSS channel flags three parliament sessions without PMF lawKSS-affiliated iNEWS reported that parliament intends to hold three new sessions with the Popular Mobilization Forces law absent, publishing the two session agendas19:311 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFAAH television opens accountability file on Basra palace investmentAl-Ahad TV ran a two-part Basra report saying a caretaker government granted an investment licence for the presidential palaces and that the provincial council was unaware of the transfer18:53 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAHFaihan convenes minority representatives on Yazidi Survivors LawAl-Ahad TV reported First Deputy Speaker Adnan Faihan discussing amendments to the Yazidi Survivors Law with minority representatives and directing a joint meeting to produce a common paper19:331 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel airs claim Fayyadh hid attack on PMF sitesPolitical analyst Muhammad al-Husseini told Al-Ahad TV that Falih al-Fayyadh's absence from parliament shows he held information on a "Saudi-American aggression" against Popular Mobilization Forces facilities and did not report it18:551 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Janoub TV airs Maysan MP putting electricity at top of urgent filesAl-Janoub TV carried Maysan MP Jawad Rahim al-Saadi saying several urgent files were discussed, foremost electricity18:171 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaSudani meets Nujaba as committee takes up weapons filePress reports place Sudani in a meeting with Nujaba as a three-man committee takes up the weapons file; no Nujaba channel in the collected material addresses it17:201 channel · 1 networkNujabaBadr channel carries 30 September coalition withdrawal deadlineAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) relayed a Defence Ministry line naming 30 September as the coalition's final withdrawal date and asserting Iraqi forces can manage security and protect the borders16:421 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationKH channel promotes Finance Ministry protest by contract staffAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) promoted a planned contract-employees demonstration outside the Finance Ministry in Baghdad, framing it as a response to lost rights16:051 channel · 1 networkKHAssessed: Jihad wal-Bina channel carries Halbousi land-distribution pledgeAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) carried Mohammed al-Halbousi affirming the government will complete procedures to allocate and distribute one million land plots16:371 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaKH channel puts tribes and Karbala street against disarmamentAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) ran two reports within nine minutes placing Diyala tribes against US pressure to withdraw resistance weapons and Karbala residents against interference at Jurf al-Nasr, headlining the first "it threatens escalation"16:421 channel · 1 networkKHPMF opens three-axis Nineveh sweep; three faction channels carry itAl-Nujaba TV, Al-Ittijah TV and Watan TV reported within forty minutes that Popular Mobilization Forces units launched a security operation from three axes in the Hatra and Ba'aj areas of Nineveh against Islamic State remnants, with only Al-Nujaba TV naming PMF Nineveh Operations and only Watan TV calling the operation pre-emptive15:573 channels · 3 networksPMF · NujabaNujaba puts its Nineveh office behind tribal anti-disarmament gatheringAl-Nujaba TV reported that Nujaba's Nineveh office took part in a tribal gathering rejecting the disarmament of the resistance, in the same province where the PMF operation was reported the same hour15:00 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujabaAmiri hosts Zebari-led KDP delegation on Baghdad-Erbil filesAl-Ghadeer TV reported that Hadi al-Amiri received a Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation led by Hoshyar Zebari in his Baghdad office on Baghdad-Erbil relations and shared federal-regional files, stressing dialogue and understanding15:04 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationKH MP ties any weapons talk to end of occupationHuquq bloc MP Miqdad al-Khafaji told Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) that resistance weapons can only be discussed once all forms of occupation and violations end, while saying he doubts all US forces will withdraw14:191 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Hakim urges faction arms be handed to PMF CommissionAl-Hakim, per press reporting, told the US chargé d'affaires that faction weapons should be handed to the PMF Commission — a different formula from the condition Kataib Hezbollah's MP stated the same hour14:191 channel · 1 networkKHKH bloc claims PMF law imminent, 70 signatures to summon PMKataib Hezbollah's MP said the government has completed the PMF law for parliament within two weeks and that more than 70 signatures were collected to summon the prime minister over his US memoranda14:242 channels · 1 networkKHKH channels run Korek court win and debt allegation togetherKataib Hezbollah-affiliated Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 carried both the Rusafa Court's suspension of regulator measures against Korek Telecom and an allegation of more than 60 billion dinars in unpaid Korek debts13:512 channels · 1 networkKHTwo faction outlets report PMF repelling attack in Tuz KhurmatuKSS-affiliated iNEWS and Badr Organization's Al-Ghadeer TV each reported, five minutes apart and each citing its own correspondent, that the Popular Mobilization Forces repelled an attack in Tuz Khurmatu on 23 August13:202 channels · 2 networksPMF · Badr OrganizationKH and KSS channels refer Khamis al-Khanjar to Iraqi state bodiesKH-affiliated Unit 10,000 and KSS-affiliated Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi both attacked Khamis al-Khanjar within forty minutes on 23 August, each routing the complaint to Iraqi state bodies rather than answering him in kind13:292 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSNujaba and Badr channels report Muthanna desert redeployment in identical wordsAl-Nujaba TV and Al-Ghadeer TV published word-for-word identical reports, forty-two seconds apart, that a military redeployment has begun in the Muthanna desert after the formation of a new operations command12:372 channels · 2 networksNujaba · Badr OrganizationThree faction networks push Baghdad worker protests within the hourAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried the same headline on Baghdad protests — mass demonstrations with "threats of escalation if there is no response" — three minutes apart, while Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) covered two separate ministry sit-ins the same morning11:223 channels · 3 networksBadr Organization · KHTwo faction channels work the contract-hiring fight from opposite endsKH's Al-Ittijah TV broadcast live from the Baghdad contract-employee protest reporting that demonstrators threatened escalation, while Al-Janoub TV pushed an allegation that Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari made unlawful contract appointments10:312 channels · 2 networksKH · Harakat al-Jihad wal-BinaPMF says 63rd Brigade repels ISIS assault at Tuz KhurmatuThe PMF said a 63rd Brigade force engaged ISIS attackers on a commando-battalion position in the Marsa Ali mountain sector of Tuz Khurmatu and forced them to withdraw into rugged terrain09:484 channels · 2 networksPMF · Badr OrganizationBadr and KH flagships run identical Integrity Commission hospital lineAl-Ghadeer TV and Al-Ittijah TV carried the Integrity Commission's call to complete the stalled Al-Shaala and Al-Hurriya hospital projects in near-identical wording three minutes apart09:372 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationMilitia channels film PMF contract protesters stopped outside BaghdadAl-Nujaba TV and KH-affiliated Sabereen News reported protesters over terminated PMF contracts blocked at the Latifiyah checkpoint and at a Baghdad entrance amid a heavy security deployment, without naming the authority that ordered the closures09:322 channels · 2 networksNujaba · KHAl-Ahad TV airs demand to punish Fayyad over unevacuated PMF headquartersOn AAH's Al-Ahad TV, researcher Wathiq al-Jabri said Faleh al-Fayyad's absence from a parliamentary session was a legal violation and that the PMF chairman bears full responsibility for not ordering evacuation of the targeted headquarters08:221 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFPMF reported repelling ISIS attack, opening sweep in KhurmatuPress reports say the Popular Mobilization Forces repelled an Islamic State attack and opened a pursuit and clearing operation in the Tuz Khurmatu / eastern Salah al-Din area, with no formation named08:272 channels · 1 networkPMF · Islamic StateAl-Ahad TV presses Fayyadh over unevacuated PMF headquartersAAH's Al-Ahad TV ran four consecutive segments carrying MP Salem al-Abbasawi's criticism of PMF Authority chairman Falih al-Fayyadh, including that his media justification was insufficient and he could be referred to the courts rather than merely dismissed02:49 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFJihad wal-Bina channel contests covert Interior Ministry appointmentsAl-Janoub TV carried a speaker identified only as Mehdi saying the movement has waited a year for a reply to a letter sent to the prime minister and does not want names appointed to the Interior Ministry covertly04:04 · filed 23 Aug1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaPMF post near Tuz Khurmatu takes RPG fire, shoots backA PMF position behind the Tuz Khurmatu mountains came under RPG and small-arms fire overnight and the holding force returned fire, with KH-, Badr-, AAH- and KSS-linked channels moving from an unidentified attacker to "ISIS gangs" within twenty-two minutes03:33 · filed 23 Aug4 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAAH channel presses PMF chief Fayyad to face parliamentAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran three segments in 41 minutes pressing PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyad to appear before parliament, with analyst Muhammad al-Zeidawi naming Saudi Arabia as the attacker on PMF personnel and Sadiqoun MP Salem al-Absaoui saying absence would leave Fayyad "accused"02:181 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAAH channel says blocs barred MPs from Fayyad hearingAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reported that most parliamentary Security Committee members did not attend the Fayyad session and that some were barred by their own blocs02:181 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAAH's channel runs forty-minute broadside at PMF chief FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran five segments in about forty minutes carrying MPs Safaa al-Jabri and Rahim al-Aboudi accusing PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyad of violating law, custom and military norms and warning Parliament may move to remove him01:302 channels · 2 networksAAH · PMFAAH widens its case against Fayyad to courts, money and unpaid woundedSadiqoun MPs Safaa al-Jabri and Salem al-Abbasawi, on AAH's Al-Ahad TV, widened the case against Falih al-Fayyad to election spending for ministries, unpaid wounded, and possible court referral, while denying Asaib seeks the PMF chairmanship00:241 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFSATURDAY, 22 AUGUST 202638 SIGNALS
AAH channel says Fayyad faces escalatory measures over PMF CommissionSadiqoun MP Safaa al-Jabri, on AAH's Al-Ahad TV, said Falih al-Fayyad twice refused to attend parliament, is converting the PMF Commission into a political institution, and will face escalatory measures that could repeat the removal of the Investment Commission chief23:221 channel · 1 networkAAH · Falih al-FayyadAmiri hosts Diyala governor on provincial administration and securityAl-Ghadeer TV reported Hadi al-Amiri received Diyala governor Adnan al-Shamri in Baghdad to discuss provincial administration, infrastructure, reconstruction and security stability22:39 · filed 22 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Hadi al-AmiriAssessed: Badr-affiliated channel warns American pretexts will reach Sadrists and Badr nextAssessed: Watan TV carried commentary saying faction weapons sit within state frameworks while warning that American pretexts would extend past the factions to the Sadrist current and Badr23:091 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Sadrist currentNujaba channel names itself and Kataib Hezbollah as the weapons' rightful holdersOn Al-Nujaba TV, Haitham al-Miyahi said weapons must remain in the hands of Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, while the same channel questioned who granted "Barak" guardianship over weapons restriction22:011 channel · 1 networkNujaba · KHAAH channel airs state-control-of-weapons line as rivals refuse disarmamentAl-Ahad TV carried analyst Hussein al-Ibrahimi naming state control of weapons as a top priority, the opposite formulation to the one aired on KH and Nujaba channels within the same hour22:223 channels · 3 networksAAH · KHKataib Hezbollah voice refuses disarmament, bars return to Jurf al-NasrAli al-Madhoush, named by Al-Ittijah TV as a Kataib Hezbollah representative in Basra, said the resistance will not surrender its weapons and will not allow takfiris to return to Jurf al-Nasr22:221 channel · 1 networkKH · Second 20 Revolution AllianceHakim reported to place surrendered weapons under the PMF CommissionPress reporting attributed to Ammar al-Hakim the position that weapons would be handed over to the PMF Commission, hours before the faction channels aired their competing formulations20:23 · filed 22 Aug1 channel · 1 networkPMFKSS-linked iNEWS brands the 2027 budget economic suicideiNEWS carried Leith al-Jazairi's programme putting continuing-project costs at 310 trillion requiring thirty years to repay, and calling the 2027 budget figures suicide for the Iraqi economy22:281 channel · 1 networkKSSKH channel posts special-forces deployment imagery from Jurf al-NasrUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) published imagery captioned as showing PMF al-Jazira Operations Command special forces deployed in the Jurf al-Nasr sector, within an hour of two faction channels running political framing about the same locality21:371 channel · 1 networkKH · PMFFihhan names PMF chief's tenure clause as the law's sole blockerDeputy Speaker Adnan Fihhan, on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), named the extension clause for the PMF chairman as the only disputed point blocking the PMF service and retirement law and said the PMF contains electoral brigades in violation of the constitution21:161 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Asas backs Sadiqoun on PMF law, demands answers on headquarters attackAl-Asas Coalition's Adnan al-Jabri, on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), joined the Sadiqoun bloc's call for a vote on the PMF law and demanded accountability for those who failed to report an attack on PMF headquarters21:161 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) and Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran parallel community-legitimacy framing on Jurf al-Nasr within an hour, one citing Kirkuk clerics against "takfiri incubators" and the other Muthanna tribes against "sectarian statements"21:372 channels · 2 networksKH · AAHAAH channel denies a post-30 September Shia-Shia warAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) headlined that state leaders are reassured there will be no Shia-on-Shia war after 30 September, citing a confirmation by first deputy speaker Adnan Faihan20:311 channel · 1 networkAAHFaihan names Laith al-Khazali for deputy prime minister on Al-AhadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried first deputy speaker Adnan Faihan naming Laith al-Khazali as "our nominee" for deputy prime minister and telling objectors to avoid "political grandstanding"20:011 channel · 1 networkAAHKSS channel relays Hikma line: weapons go to the PMF CommissionAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) relayed the head of the Hikma movement saying any surrender of weapons would be to the Popular Mobilization Forces Commission19:531 channel · 1 networkKSSAssessed: Fartousi answers Shabandar, denies his chief threatened the PMAssessed: KSS spokesman Kadhim al-Fartousi went public against Ghalib al-Shabandar, saying he had warned the Coordination Framework against confrontations in which only Shia blood falls and that his superior did not threaten the prime minister19:371 channel · 1 networkKSS · Kadhim al-FartousiAAH channel turns strike on PMF sites into case against FayyadAssessed: Al-Ahad TV ran four segments in 41 minutes alleging the Popular Mobilization Authority chief was warned three hours before the strikes on PMF sites and did not evacuate, while Sadiqoun MP Rajaa al-Harbi said the bloc is proceeding to a vote on the PMF Authority law19:211 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocAl-Ahad TV builds the removal case against PMF chief FayadhAl-Ahad TV, AAH's official channel, ran four segments in under half an hour on PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad's absence from a parliamentary questioning session, with guests stating his non-attendance is a legal violation and that he can be removed under legal and constitutional procedures17:132 channels · 1 networkAAH · PMFAAH's channel: weapons regulated under the state, kept inside the PMFAdnan Faihan, carried by Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), said al-Maliki, al-Amiri and al-Sudani have been tasked with a mechanism to organize weapons and keep them with the PMF, and called subordination to the commander-in-chief "the more accurate name" for the process14:59 · filed 22 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHKSS-linked channel grounds keeping weapons in the election resultiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried al-Hashimi arguing that citizens elected blocs affiliated with the resistance and that removing their weapons is illogical15:291 channel · 1 networkKSSThree factions announce al-Zaidi's Framework entry; only AAH says unanimousAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official), Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) each announced Shibl al-Zaidi's entry into the Coordination Framework leadership, with only Al-Ahad TV stating the signing was unanimous15:363 channels · 3 networksAAH · KSSKH's channel refuses disarmament, demands Kurdistan militias be includedAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried Sabah al-Ardawi, the KH representative in Babil, saying the Islamic Resistance will not submit to a "Zionist-American conspiracy" to strip its "weapons of dignity", and al-Sarraj demanding any weapons-restriction decision also cover militias in the Kurdistan Region15:05 · filed 22 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKH · AAHAshab al-Kahf channel carries minister's line on slow weapons monopolyShabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned, non-official) relayed Communications Minister Mustafa Sanad saying weapons monopolisation "is a complex file and will not happen in one day" and that Hormuz oil-export conditions are hard because the strait is under American, not only Iranian, control14:301 channel · 1 networkAshab al-Kahf · Iraqi governmentBadr-affiliated Watan TV airs committee line blaming WashingtonWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) published the parliamentary defence committee's statement that "Washington obstructs the development of Iraqi military capabilities," illustrated with a truck-mounted radar under an Iraqi flag14:161 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Iraqi governmentAAH channel airs charge that PMF units were built for electionsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran eight consecutive statements attributed to Fayhan saying one disputed clause — legal cover for the prime minister to extend the PMF chairman's service against retirement rules — blocked the PMF law, and that brigades and regiments were founded for political and electoral purposes14:331 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocThree factions cut the president's disarmament speech three different waysBadr, Ashab al-Kahf and KSS media each published a different clause of the Iraqi president's weapons-monopoly remarks within sixteen minutes12:133 channels · 3 networksBadr Organization · Ashab al-KahfFaction media carry president's 14,000 death-row figure and amnesty filesAAH's Al-Ahad TV, KSS's iNEWS, KH's Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 and the Ashab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam carried the president's figure of 14,000 death-sentence prisoners held since 2006 and his statement that amnesty files went to the judiciary11:455 channels · 4 networksKH · KSSKH and KSS channels push president's denial of Iranian pressure on disarmamentKH's Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 and KSS's Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi carried the president's statement that no Iranian official asked to delay the weapons-control file and that Iranian officials called it an Iraqi decision11:374 channels · 3 networksKH · KSSFour faction networks relay president's disarmament demand within 45 minutesBetween 08:00 and 08:45 on 22 August, AAH, KSS, KH, Badr and Ashab al-Kahf-linked channels all relayed the Iraqi president's call for the factions to hand over weapons and integrate, with each network selecting different sentences and none answering in its own voice11:453 channels · 3 networksAAH · KSSKhazali ties resistance weapons to U.S. exit from IraqQais al-Khazali, secretary-general of AAH, told Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) that "the weapons of the resistance will remain unless America and its allies leave Iraqi territory"10:071 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHKH representative calls disarmament an American demandA Maysan representative of Kataib Hezbollah, Muhammad al-Asadi, told Al-Ittijah TV that disarmament is an American demand and not a step to complete sovereignty, saying the resistance fighters created that sovereignty09:451 channel · 1 networkKHAnsar Allah al-Awfiya ties keeping its weapons to Iraqi sovereigntyAnsar Allah al-Awfiya figure Ali al-Fatlawi said on the movement's official channel that resistance factions have the right to keep their weapons as long as Iraqi sovereignty is unrealised, and that arms restriction must cover all armed groups including 24 Kurdish factions03:35 · filed 22 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · Coordination FrameworkAl-Ahad TV puts Jurf al-Nasr back on the government's deskAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) broadcast that Jurf al-Nasr faces "a decisive government decision to permanently end its complex file," carrying Ali Tareki's call for urgent security and governmental measures01:461 channel · 1 networkAAH · Iraqi governmentAl-Ahad TV airs guest urging security solution for Baghdad beltAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) twice carried Dr. Haider Hamid Abdullah saying Jurf al-Nasr is a soft flank of Baghdad that must be secured from all sides and that a security solution is preferable for the capital's belt01:371 channel · 1 networkAAHBadr-linked channel presses PM to void Basra palaces investment dealWatan TV published a letter attributed to al-Tamimi asking the prime minister to cancel the investment allocation of Basra's presidential palaces and convert the site into parks for residents00:251 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationTwo networks carry MP's ten-billion-dollar currency claim within the hourWatan TV and Shabab al-Islam carried identical wording quoting MP Saud al-Saadi that the American conditions for al-Zaidi were "delete the zeros and we'll give you ten billion dollars"00:342 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · Ashab al-KahfAAH channel airs execution talk against Fayyadh over parliament no-showAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired legal researcher Ibrahim al-Sultani saying Falih al-Fayyadh could face military-court accountability and penalties "up to execution" for not attending a parliamentary session23:491 channel · 1 networkAAHBadr-linked channel demands audit of Education Ministry officials' wealthWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried a call by "educational cadres and elites" for the Integrity Commission to audit the personal finances of Education Ministry director-generals and match school buildings against twenty years of ministry budgets23:491 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationFRIDAY, 21 AUGUST 202637 SIGNALS
KH sets a condition on its weapons: occupying forces firstKataib Hezbollah's Maysan representative Muhammad al-Asadi told Al-Ittijah TV that weapons cannot be relinquished while threats surround Iraq and that there is "no discussion of weapons while occupying forces are present"22:38 · filed 21 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKHKH channels relay a flat no-confrontation line toward the factionsTwo Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated channels relayed Ali al-Zaidi saying "no fighting and no confrontation with the resistance factions," crediting the factions with having manned the front lines23:052 channels · 1 networkKHThree militia channels run the same energy-corruption forecast within two minutesKataib Hezbollah-affiliated Unit 10,000 and Sabereen News and Ashab al-Kahf's Shabab al-Islam carried identically worded remarks by former Electricity Ministry spokesman Ahmad Musa forecasting larger corruption figures under the al-Zaidi government23:273 channels · 2 networksKH · Ashab al-KahfAAH channel airs Speaker dating calm with the factions to 30 SeptemberAAH's Al-Ahad TV twice carried Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi saying state control of weapons is "an Iraqi decision" and that there will be no clash between the factions and the government after 30 September23:301 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHAl-Janoub TV: "Surrender the weapons, become friends" — Britain's Jolani modelAl-Janoub TV framed disarmament as a transaction and said Britain is offering Iraq the "Jolani model"22:311 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · BritainiNEWS runs Abbas serial: PMF law due at parliament within a weekKSS-affiliated iNEWS carried a five-post sequence attributing to MP Qusay Abbas that the PMF law has reached its final stages and will likely reach parliament within a week, with parliament blamed for the previous session's failure22:351 channel · 1 networkKSS · Iraqi parliamentBadr channel airs two rival answers on who takes the gunsWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried, within an hour, both Speaker Heibat al-Halbousi's statement that late September begins restricting weapons to the state and a separate speaker's call for factions to hand their weapons to the PMF instead21:501 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · PMFKSS channel flags Yazidi survivors bill pulled from agendaiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported that the Parliament presidency removed the first reading of the Yazidi Survivors Law amendment from Sunday's session agenda21:421 channel · 1 networkKSSAAH channel presses parliament and courts to punish FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran a sustained segment calling for sanctions against PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad, up to dismissal and an in-absentia judgment, over his non-attendance at parliament on the PMF-targeting file21:261 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKSS-aligned iNEWS puts a two-week clock on PMF law referraliNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported the PMF law has entered its "decisive phase" with two weeks remaining before referral to parliament, without stating a KSS position on the text20:191 channel · 1 networkKSSBadr-aligned Watan TV runs two anti-US guest lines in half an hourAssessed: Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) twice within half an hour aired guest commentary attacking the United States, one line pairing "secret understandings with Iran" with a warning that Gulf states cannot shelter behind America, the other blaming Washington for backing Iraq's corrupt20:421 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAl-Ittijah ties resistance disarmament to a 'Greater Israel' projectAl-Ittijah TV attributed to al-Safi the statement that the goal of disarming the resistance is to complete the so-called 'Greater Israel' project19:301 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Ahad analyst defends Jurf al-Nasr screening, calls non-returnees wantedOn Al-Ahad TV, analyst Unit 10,000 al-Qarishi defended returnee screening at Jurf al-Nasr, said all who have not returned are wanted on terrorism charges, and called the Popular Mobilization's presence a guarantee of security18:50 · filed 21 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH and KH channels run tribal voices against Jurf al-Nasr handoverWithin eighteen minutes, AAH's Al-Ahad TV and KH's Al-Ittijah TV both aired tribal statements rejecting any change to Jurf al-Nasr's status, with Al-Ittijah adding that raising the file was meant to weaken the resistance and the Popular Mobilization19:452 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHAAH channel builds legal case for trying Fayyad in absentiaAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired two segments within a minute arguing Falih al-Fayyad must attend his parliamentary questioning and that questioning him in absentia and referring him to the courts would be constitutional if he does not16:311 channel · 1 networkAAH · Falih al-FayyadNujaba channel puts a date on ending US dominance: 30 SeptemberAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) posted that 30 September is "the date for getting rid of American dominance over Iraq's resources," with the hashtag #do_not_surrender_you_will_be_safe, while government assurances relayed on other faction channels set the same date as the boundary after which there will be no military confrontation15:294 channels · 4 networksNujaba · AAHAAH channel airs back-to-back attacks on PMF chief FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired two commentators in ten minutes attacking PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyad for not attending parliament, one calling the absence "acceptance" of the strike on the PMF and the other calling it "a condemnation and a dereliction"15:17 · filed 21 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKH channel calls weapons control a double standard, airs "great danger" lineAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) ran a report alleging "governmental duality" in the weapons-control file — pressure on the resistance, silence toward other formations — and separately carried KH's Wasit representative Muhammad al-Safi speaking of a "great danger" and questioning weapons control15:352 channels · 2 networksKHQabanji routes the disarmament file to the marjaiya, not foreign pressureShabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) carried Sadr al-Din al-Qabanji saying the marjaiya's view should guide the disarmament file rather than foreign pressure13:511 channel · 1 networkAshab al-KahfAl-Janoub TV reports truck seizure at Zurbatiya crossingAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) reported the seizure of two loaded trucks at the Zurbatiya crossing for cargo-weight tampering, without naming the seizing authority13:201 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaZaidi claims full political consensus on militia disarmamentThe New Region reported Zaidi as saying Iraqi political forces are in "complete agreement" on militia disarmament; no tracked faction is observed responding in the window13:321 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHFive networks relay pension-fraud audit in near-identical wordingTen channels across KH, Badr, KSS, Nujaba and Ashab al-Kahf relayed the Integrity Commission's pension audit in near-identical wording within roughly forty minutes11:407 channels · 4 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAAH and Badr channels carry PM's weapons-handover line unalteredAAH's Al-Ahad TV and Badr's Al-Ghadeer TV both carried PM Ali Falih al-Zaidi saying work is underway on mechanisms for handing over weapons, on the same morning Shafaq News reported an alleged AAH drone handover to the state11:533 channels · 2 networksAAH · Badr OrganizationAAH channel presses Fayyadh over Hashd headquarters attackOn Al-Ahad TV, a commentator demanded PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyadh explain why no action was taken before the attack on Hashd headquarters, while a second argued the Jurf al-Nasr file must stay security, not electoral11:381 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFTwo factions frame Jurf al-Nasr file differently within minutesAAH's Al-Ahad TV and the KSS-aligned iNEWS carried the Jurf al-Nasr file within seven minutes of each other with materially different framings: an impending "decisive government decision" versus Babil Governor Ali Turki's investment plan barring Khamis al-Khanjar from entry10:452 channels · 2 networksAAH · KSSNujaba channel publicises PMF Security reinforcement around SamarraAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) reported that PMF Security has reinforced its deployment to secure the entrances and exits of Samarra for the anniversary of Imam al-Askari's death, publishing a night image of a marked "Special Forces" vehicle and an armed man in a red beret08:181 channel · 1 networkNujaba · PMFAl-Janoub TV puts Baghdad fuel queues and unpaid Basra contracts on airAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) ran a live Baghdad segment on a petrol shortage stalling cars and a Basra report on 13,000 contract appointees demanding their dues, without naming a ministry or assigning blame06:001 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaAl-Janoub TV puts Baghdad fuel closures and blackouts on airAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) aired two overnight Baghdad posts reporting that private fuel-station owners agreed over the 1,000-litre allocation and closed all their stations, and asking where the country's blessings are given no food basket, oil, gas or electricity04:041 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaBadr channel reports PMF security reinforced on Samarra approachesAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported PMF security reinforcing its deployment on the entrances and exits of Samarra for the Askari commemoration02:101 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · PMFBadr channel airs Umm Qasr seizure of cars on martyrs' exemption papersAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) publicised a Border Ports Commission seizure of 23 saloon cars at Umm Qasr Middle allegedly moved on exemption letters for retired officers and families of martyrs02:021 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAAH channel pushes PMF law while pressing to remove FayyadAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) declared the PMF law "nearing approval" and simultaneously carried calls to condemn or dismiss Faleh al-Fayyad over a parliamentary no-show02:051 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAAH channel builds Jarf al-Nasr case: al-Khanjar barred, returns blockedAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired a Jarf al-Nasr package pairing the exclusion of Khamis al-Khanjar from entry with claims the area "is not Sunni", that 5,000 of its people were logged as terrorists, and that al-Saeedat returns were blocked02:111 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel airs 250-dead figure for Jarf al-Nasr forcesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired a figure of 250 killed and 600 wounded among the forces in Jarf al-Nasr after the liberation, attributed to a speaker named Turki02:071 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH and Badr channels run same Jurf al-Nasr land line, different speakersAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried the identical sentence that Jurf al-Nasr land contracts have not been renewed since 2003 and most holders are accused of terrorism, attributing it to different speakers01:312 channels · 2 networksAAH · Badr OrganizationKH and KSS channels relay Babil's 5,000-warrant line within ten minutesTwo KH-affiliated channels and one KSS-affiliated channel carried the Babil governor's line on arrest warrants against 5,000 alleged terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr in near-identical wording within ten minutes23:49 · filed 21 Aug3 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSAl-Ahad TV runs agriculture minister on land, contracts and Nineveh farming banAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran three consecutive segments with Agriculture Minister Abdul Rahim al-Shammari on Baghdad farmland conversion, contract manipulation by junior officials, and a cultivation ban in the disputed areas framed against the Kurdistan Democratic Party23:46 · filed 21 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAHAl-Ahad TV publishes the signed order making Jubouri environment deputyAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) published the Prime Minister's Office order dated 19 August 2026 assigning Dr. Jawad Hamid al-Jubouri as technical deputy minister of environment, presenting the signed document itself00:221 channel · 1 networkAAHTHURSDAY, 20 AUGUST 202641 SIGNALS
AAH channel airs call to summon and replace PMF chief FayyadhOn AAH's Al-Ahad TV, Shams Party political-office head Abd al-Ghani al-Ghadban said Falih al-Fayyadh should appear before parliament over the targeting of PMF headquarters, that the PMF suffers 'leadership stagnation' and needs 'new blood', and that Fayyadh could be replaced23:261 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFWatan TV reports Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi retired on age groundsBadr-affiliated Watan TV reported the retirement of Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi on reaching the legal retirement age, with no faction comment added23:431 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationBabil governor bars Khanjar, claims 5,000 warrants over Jurf al-NasrBabil Governor Ali Turki, on AAH's Al-Ahad TV, stated arrest warrants against 5,000 alleged terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr, blocked the return of al-Saeedat residents on security grounds, barred Khamis al-Khanjar by name, and announced the district would be offered for tourist and residential investment; two KH-affiliated channels relayed the arrest-warrant line within ten minutes23:423 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHKSS-linked iNEWS bursts on Oil Ministry's missing gasoline reserveKSS-affiliated iNEWS ran three posts in four minutes carrying Baghdad Council oil committee head Ali al-Zarkani saying the Oil Ministry holds no strategic gasoline reserve and its crisis plans are inadequate22:351 channel · 1 networkKSSKH channel runs paired tribal warnings over Jurf al-NasrAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried two tribal-voiced items on Jurf al-Nasr within eleven minutes, one warning against "tampering with security" there and one calling criticism an "exposed conspiracy" against the resistance and the PMF22:151 channel · 1 networkKH · PMFKH channel pushes back on calls to take the resistance's weaponsAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) headlined a compilation of posts opposing calls to withdraw the resistance's weapons, asking "How can the page of the men be turned so easily?"21:351 channel · 1 networkKHThree networks relay Fayyad's two-week PMF law timetable, verbatimWatan TV (Badr — affiliated), Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) carried Falih al-Fayyad's two-week timetable for the PMF service, retirement and structure law in identical wording, none adding a faction line20:49 · filed 20 Aug3 channels · 3 networksPMF · Badr OrganizationAAH's channel turns on the PMF chairman in a seventeen-minute runAAH's Al-Ahad TV ran six segments in seventeen minutes carrying commentators who said Falih al-Fayyad's refusal to appear before the parliamentary fact-finding committee is "rebellion against the legislative authority" and that he should step aside21:141 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFFayyad sets two-week PMF law timetable, claims arrest powers over own membersPMF Commission chairman Falih al-Fayyad said the commission will submit a PMF service, retirement and structure law within two weeks, and asserted that the PMF itself will arrest its own judicially wanted members20:352 channels · 2 networksPMF · Falih al-FayyadAssessed: Sabereen relays Tehran's Hormuz line, attaches Iraqi accountability warningAssessed: Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) relayed Iran's statement that Hormuz stays open to Iraqi oil, then added its own warning that Iraqis must identify who is responsible if their economy is endangered20:121 channel · 1 networkKHAssessed: Nujaba channel posts return-as-before line, then relays Fayyad's state-weapons pledgeAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) posted "no surrender of weapons; if the PMF is dissolved we return as before" while relaying, from the same channel within the hour, PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyad's statement that weapons will ultimately be in the state's hands20:352 channels · 2 networksNujaba · KHKH channel puts Diyala tribes behind keeping resistance weaponsAl-Ittijah TV ran a report saying Diyala tribes reject external dictates and adhere to the weapons of the resistance, warning against fitna19:141 channel · 1 networkKHNujaba channel stages tribal front against Jurf al-Nasr handoverAl-Nujaba TV reported Baghdad tribal sheikhs categorically rejecting any handover of Jurf al-Nasr, publishing images of a podium gathering under the hashtag 'do not hand over, you will be safe'18:59 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujabaFive faction channels relay PMF law timetable, none adds a wordAl-Nujaba TV, Al-Ghadeer TV, iNEWS, Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi and Shabab al-Islam carried the PMF law announcement within 53 minutes, none adding a faction line of its own19:315 channels · 4 networksBadr Organization · KSSBadr and KH split over weapons and Jurf al-Nasr within minutesBadr-aligned Watan TV carried MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi endorsing al-Zaydi's capacity to "organise weapons within state frameworks" minutes before KH's Al-Ittijah TV and KH-affiliated Sabereen News carried demands to keep resistance weapons and refuse any handover of Jurf al-Nasr18:223 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAAH channel airs accountability case against PMF chief FayyadhAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired political analyst Muhammad Salah Turki saying Falih al-Fayyadh "will be held legally accountable" if negligence is proven over the failure to notify the evacuation of PMF headquarters before the aggression16:351 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKH-linked channel greets reported US carrier arrival with "welcome to your hell"Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) relayed a reported US announcement of the aircraft carrier George Washington's arrival in the Middle East and added the words "welcome to your hell"14:46 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKHKSS-linked iNEWS calls government fuel-crisis statements unrealisticiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported Baghdad fuel stations closing and called the government's statements on the gasoline crisis unrealistic, with no other tracked channel carrying it in the window14:39 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSSBadr-linked channel airs MP praising Amiri, rejecting US hegemonyMP Abu Turab al-Tamimi, quoted on Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated), said Hadi al-Amiri commands universal respect and that the factions want to build a strong sovereign state outside American hegemony15:331 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationFour faction channels carry Ghalibaf backing arms under commander-in-chiefFour channels tied to four different factions relayed, in near-identical wording within thirty minutes, National Security Adviser Qasim al-Aboudi's meeting with Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, including Ghalibaf's endorsement of a legal framework placing weapons under the commander-in-chief14:234 channels · 4 networksBadr Organization · KSSAAH's channel turns on PMF chief Fayyad over parliament no-showAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired four segments in forty minutes in which guests said PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad's non-attendance at parliament should carry "consequences" and constitutes a legal violation because the chairman must be independent of politics14:261 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAAH channel says PMF statement spoke only for FayyadhThree Sadiqoun-linked voices on Al-Ahad TV within twenty minutes attacked Faleh al-Fayyadh's expected non-attendance at parliament, with one saying the PMF Commission's statement represented only Fayyadh and his team13:341 channel · 1 networkAAH · Sadiqoun blocBadr and KH media push Basra forgery bust within a minuteBadr and KH official media reported a Basra National Security Service operation against a forgery network, with Al-Ittijah TV alone printing the West Qurna land-compensation and 36-seal specifics12:272 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationSeven militia networks relay Nimrud-treasure conviction in identical wordingSeven tracked networks relayed the Integrity Commission's six-year sentence against former deputy culture minister Sarbest Omar Hassan within forty minutes, in near-identical wording and with no faction adding a line of its own12:298 channels · 7 networksKH · AAHAl-Ahad TV airs legal case for dismissing the PMF chiefAAH's Al-Ahad TV aired a legal expert saying the prime minister has the right to dismiss the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces for non-compliance with orders, and that al-Zaidi discharged his responsibility over what the expert called the Saudi aggression by instructing military commanders11:251 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKH channel accuses Kurdistan operations rooms of warring on the resistanceKataib Hezbollah's Al-Ittijah TV carried al-Tamimi saying operations rooms in the Kurdistan Region are leading systematic media campaigns and a fierce war against the resistance11:251 channel · 1 networkKHKH channel airs conditional line on state control of weaponsAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried a speaker it identifies as al-Fatlawi saying "we are with the state on handing over weapons, on condition that sovereignty is preserved"10:401 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Ghadeer casts Baghdad wage protest as employees' red linesAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) framed a Baghdad public-sector protest as employees "raising red lines" over the unified salary scale10:08 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationTwo faction channels run the Education Ministry protest in one hourAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) both carried the Ministry of Education protest over examination access within twenty-five minutes10:242 channels · 2 networksHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · NujabaPMF special operations complete Samarra deployment; four factions' outlets carry itSix outlets across KH, Nujaba, Badr Organization and KSS carried the PMF statement that its Security and Discipline Directorate special operations completed deployment inside Samarra, at its entrances and external checkpoints, for the Imam Hasan al-Askari commemoration09:406 channels · 4 networksPMF · KHNujaba and Badr outlets report PMF reinforcing the Syrian borderAl-Nujaba TV and Al-Ghadeer TV published an identical single-line report, with images of armed men and gun-mounted armoured vehicles in desert terrain, that the PMF is reinforcing its security deployment on the Iraqi-Syrian border09:09 · filed 20 Aug2 channels · 2 networksPMF · NujabaKH- and KSS-linked channels push PMF border reinforcement in unisonThree tracked networks — Sabereen News (KH — affiliated), Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) — carried the same one-line report of PMF reinforcement on the Iraq–Syria border within three minutes, with PMF-patched imagery and no named unit or trigger08:293 channels · 2 networksKH · KSSKH, Badr and Nujaba channels run identical Baghdad ministry deployment lineSabereen News (KH — affiliated), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) published the identical sentence on an intensive security deployment around Baghdad's Higher Education Ministry within twelve minutes, none naming the deploying force08:403 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationTamimi presses for hand-picked replacements after directors' arrestsMP Abu Turab al-Tamimi, carried by Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated), said competent replacements must be carefully chosen for the arrested general directors to dry up sources of corruption in ministries03:07 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · Abu Turab al-TamimiSabereen mocks drone handover it says Americans watchedSabereen News (KH — affiliated) relayed a Gulf newspaper report, sourced to an Iraqi security official, that American representatives attended and documented the handover of an armed faction's drones outside Baghdad, adding "what a fine handover of weapons to the state, and what fine sovereignty"02:281 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Ahad airs a 30 September date on the weapons inventoryJumaa al-Atwani, on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), said forming a committee to inventory weapons is important, seeks a genuine agreement, and that a solution can be reached before 30 September02:021 channel · 1 networkAAHAsaib Ahl al-Haq moves to unseat PMF chairman Falih al-FayyadSadiqoun bloc deputy head Ahmed al-Mousawi told Al-Ahad TV that Falih al-Fayyad's presence is "an insult to the Hashd", that Fayyad pressured his way out of a hearing, and that signatures will be collected to question and replace him01:381 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFPMF media chief: force grows daily; no clashes after 30 SeptemberPopular Mobilization Forces media director Muhannad al-Aqabi, carried by Al-Ghadeer TV and relayed word-for-word by Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi, said the force grows daily in numbers, training and armament and called talk of clashes after 30 September surprising23:31 · filed 20 Aug2 channels · 2 networksPMF · Badr OrganizationNujaba channel alleges an "order" keeps Jurf al-Nasr a sectarian fileAl-Nujaba TV aired former MP Hassan Fad'am saying there is an "order" to keep Jurf al-Nasr as a subject of sectarian agitation and media marketing, and demanding firm government action against those exploiting it23:40 · filed 20 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujabaFatlawi and Mousawi set rival terms on handing over weaponsAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's Ali al-Fatlawi said his movement will not hand over weapons absent sovereignty and protection, while Sadiqoun's Ahmed al-Mousawi said all factions agree to state control of weapons if guarantees are provided01:03 · filed 20 Aug4 channels · 3 networksAAH · Ansar Allah al-AwfiyaFatlawi: Jurf al-Nasr returns to "triangle of death" if Hashd leavesAnsar Allah al-Awfiya leader Ali al-Fatlawi said Jurf al-Nasr will return to the "triangle of death" as soon as the Popular Mobilization Forces leave it, while Nujaba's Al-Nujaba TV carried speakers accepting returns in principle but demanding guarantees00:23 · filed 20 Aug2 channels · 2 networksAnsar Allah al-Awfiya · NujabaWEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 202637 SIGNALS
Three networks turn Yaqoubi arrest into courts-and-street campaignAAH, KH- and KSS-affiliated channels ran a same-evening campaign over Abbas al-Yaqoubi's detention, calling it an abduction by the Counter-Terrorism Service and Intelligence Service, announcing a lawsuit and carrying a mass reception in Nasiriyah22:014 channels · 3 networksAAH · KHAAH accepts state weapons control, rejects counter-terrorism law for factionsAhmad al-Mousawi said the Sadiqoun bloc agrees with 90 percent of the factions' conditions for restricting weapons to the state and that Iran supports that restriction, while insisting the PMF is an extension of resistance thinking and that applying counter-terrorism law to the factions would be a catastrophe21:422 channels · 2 networksAAH · Ahmad al-MousawiAAH bloc demands Fayyadh be replaced as PMF chairmanSadiqoun bloc deputy chairman Ahmad al-Mousawi said on Al-Ahad TV that Falih al-Fayyadh's presence is an insult to the PMF, that signatures would be collected to question him if he does not appear before parliament, and that the PMF chairmanship should be given to another figure21:571 channel · 1 networkAAH · Ahmad al-MousawiKH office conditions any weapons talk on unnamed demandsAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried Dhargham al-Karaawi, head of KH's Diwaniyah office, saying the future of the resistance's weapons cannot be discussed until "Haj al-Assaf's conditions" are met, while Shafaq News reported a Shia arrangement to manage rather than remove the weapons20:352 channels · 1 networkKHNujaba channels rally crowds against intelligence official's arrestAl-Nujaba TV and Noon Media (both Nujaba — official) published crowd footage condemning the arrest of Abbas al-Yaqoubi, named by Noon Media as the intelligence official of Baghdad Belt Operations, demanding "such actions not be repeated"19:592 channels · 1 networkNujaba · PMFWatan TV and Al-Nujaba TV split framing of Musayyib suspensionBadr-aligned Watan TV and Nujaba's own Al-Nujaba TV both carried the Babil governor's 30-day suspension of the al-Musayyib district administrator over an information leak, diverging on what each supplied19:362 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · NujabaSabereen News turns Kurdistan farmer payment into southern grievanceSabereen News (KH — affiliated) reframed Baghdad's 58 billion dinars for Kurdistan Region farmers as a slight against central and southern farmers19:171 channel · 1 networkKHWatan TV relays Integrity Commission action on Babil property receiptsWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) relayed the Integrity Commission's removal of five Babil municipal directorate officials over manipulated receipts for eight properties19:031 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationTwo channels post identical Akram "won't give up his weapon" lineJehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) and Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) posted the identical phrase "Sheikh Akram does not give up his weapon" nineteen seconds apart over crowd footage, without naming any disarmament proposal or opponent18:062 channels · 2 networksNujaba · Ashab al-KahfNujaba channel argues Peshmerga proves Baghdad's weapons double standardJehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated) published a signed argument that Baghdad applies "double standards" to weapons, naming the Peshmerga as the comparison and citing Geneva Protocol I Article 1(4) and four UN General Assembly resolutions18:001 channel · 1 networkNujabaMilitia channels push parliamentary inquiry, AAH names FayyadhAl-Nujaba TV and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi published identical wording on a parliamentary fact-finding committee into the failure to evacuate PMF headquarters, while Al-Ahad TV published the summons document naming Falih al-Fayyadh for Thursday17:503 channels · 3 networksNujaba · KSSAl-Yaqoubi says he will sue Iraqi intelligence after acquittalKH and Nujaba channels amplified a Baghdad protest over the treatment of PMF Baghdad Belt intelligence official Abbas al-Yaqoubi, while iNEWS carried his statement that he will sue the Iraqi Intelligence Service after his acquittal17:404 channels · 3 networksKSS · KHBadr's two channels carry opposite lines on weapons handoverBadr Organization's own two outlets carried opposing positions on weapons within half an hour: Watan TV quoted Badr's Muhammad Mahdi al-Bayati rejecting any handover on 30 September, while Al-Ghadeer TV carried National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji saying the government continues implementing weapons-monopoly decisions17:333 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · KHKSS bloc pitches armament council as its channel attacks weapons-monopoly fileiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported the Muntasirun bloc submitting a proposal to al-Zaydi to form a Higher Council for Armament, while the same channel ran commentator Khalaf framing the state weapons-monopoly file as a government lever against Turkish presence and for Peshmerga expansion16:511 channel · 1 networkKSS · Muntasirun blocKH and Nujaba close ranks behind detained PMF intelligence directorKH and Nujaba channels converged within an hour on the al-Yaqoubi case, KH-affiliated media calling his Counter-Terrorism Service detention an abduction while Al-Nujaba TV carried Nasr al-Shammari calling the charges fabricated and blaming parties taking orders from the American envoy Barrack15:524 channels · 2 networksKH · NujabaKH turns Baghdad's fuel shortage into a case for its weaponsKH channels used Baghdad's third day of fuel shortages to attack state performance while asserting that the "weapon of dignity" is Iraq's first and last protector, and Al-Ittijah TV said the Oil Ministry has not explained the crisis15:23 · filed 19 Aug2 channels · 1 networkKHThree factions' channels push Iraqi exemption on Hormuz oil exportsFour channels across AAH, KSS and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina carried the Iraqi parliament speaker's appeal to Ghalibaf for an Iraqi exemption on oil exports through Hormuz, all framed around Iraqi economic interest14:164 channels · 3 networksAAH · KSSKH channel amplifies farmers' silo-closure warning at Finance MinistryAl-Ittijah TV foregrounded the farmers' sit-in outside the Finance Ministry and reported warnings that grain silos would be closed and protests escalated14:101 channel · 1 networkKHKH sets expulsion of foreign forces as the price of weapons talksKH's Al-Ittijah TV carried two statements in under an hour setting expulsion of foreign forces as the precondition for any discussion of handing over weapons14:351 channel · 1 networkKHFactions split on how to tell the Yaqubi acquittal storyNujaba, KH and KSS-aligned channels reported al-Yaqubi's acquittal as following his handover to PMF security and called the charges false, while Badr, AAH and KSS's iNEWS reported the court verdict without either element13:087 channels · 5 networksPMF · KHNujaba TV publishes court summons for ex-MP Zubaie trialAl-Nujaba TV published the Karkh Court's summons scheduling the corruption trial of former MP Talal al-Zubaie for 23 August, carrying it under the channel's anti-disarmament hashtag13:141 channel · 1 networkNujaba · Talal al-ZubaieKhazali proposes arms council with PMF seat and own budgetKSS's iNEWS reported Muntasirun bloc head Falih al-Khazali proposing a Supreme Arms Council reporting directly to the commander-in-chief, with an independent budget, PMF representation, and a mandate covering drones, ballistic missiles, cyber and AI13:151 channel · 1 networkKSS · Falih al-KhazaliBadr and KH split openly on the weapons questionBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV carried an MP calling for comprehensive weapons control including the Peshmerga on the same morning KH's Al-Ittijah TV carried four voices making U.S. withdrawal the precondition for any weapons discussion13:322 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · KHBadr spokesman ties resistance strikes to 36 U.S. attacksBadr parliamentary bloc spokesman Hamid al-Mousawi said on Al-Ghadeer TV that "the resistance did not respond to the American side until after 36 American attacks on Iraqi security headquarters"02:53 · filed 19 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationKH-affiliated channel pushes weapons file onto Peshmerga and TurkeySabereen News carried MP Ahmad al-Dalfi saying weapons restriction "must be a comprehensive national project, not discussion confined to the factions," and naming the Syrian border, Turkish forces, the PKK and Peshmerga weapons as the government's priority files03:14 · filed 19 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKHBadr accepts state arms monopoly, rejects the September deadlineBadr's parliamentary bloc, via Al-Ghadeer TV, said it is displeased with 30 September as the final date for handing over weapons while affirming "no weapons outside the state" as Badr's programme02:59 · filed 19 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAl-Ahad guest says factions will enter any Iran–US warOn AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV, Political Analysts Association head Hadi Jalu Marei predicted escalation between Iran and the United States and said the factions "will enter the war one way or another"02:241 channel · 1 networkAAHAl-Ahad airs hard conditions and warm words on the same showAcross five consecutive Al-Ahad TV segments, AAH's channel simultaneously aired that the factions' conditions for weapons confinement are "impossible" and that the factions trust the prime minister and have met him repeatedly02:221 channel · 1 networkAAHAl-Ahad guest puts faction missiles in Israel's rangeOn AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV, Hussein Shalushi said the factions possess drones and long-range ballistic missiles that America fears could reach Israel, and separately read the phrase "seven dabjat" in a statement attributed to Abu Mujahid al-Asafi as meaning provocations against the factions have been repeated "while we stay silent"02:331 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHKH channels carry family claim: member tortured to death over depot theftUnit 10,000 and Sabereen News, both KH-affiliated, carried within five minutes the family of PMF member Muhammad Khudair al-Rikabi saying he was tortured to death after discovering theft at a weapons depot00:512 channels · 1 networkKH · PMFAAH channel carries Rudaini pressing Fayyadh over unrelayed warningAl-Ahad TV, AAH's channel, carried Victory Coalition spokesman Aqil al-Rudaini saying the warning of aggression never reached the units, calling for Falih al-Fayyadh to be questioned over his absence from parliament, and saying the PMF chairman should be military only01:141 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Ahad guest pairs imminent handover claim with PMF readiness figuresOn one Al-Ahad TV programme block, Maj. Gen. Jawad al-Dahlaki said the factions will hand over their weapons soon with only simple technical matters left, while itemising PMF readiness — a 20-minute military message, a 30-minute headquarters evacuation, communications better than the army's01:271 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Ahad TV guests forecast Iraqi factions entering Iran-US warAAH's Al-Ahad TV aired two guest analysts within one minute stating that Iraqi factions hold drones and long-range ballistic missiles and would enter an Iran-US war alongside Iran23:571 channel · 1 networkAAHKSS pushes al-Walai sovereignty text across three channelsThree KSS channels carried an identical text attributed to Abu Alaa al-Walai asserting an American occupation of Iraq's money and airspace and U.S. refusal to permit electricity purchases from Turkey or Iran or contracts with China and Siemens23:205 channels · 1 networkKSSAAH channel airs demand that Fayyad answer parliamentAqeel al-Rudaini, spokesman for the Victory Coalition, said on AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV that Fayyad must answer for missing his parliamentary questioning, that some commanders exploited PMF fighters in the last elections, and that the factions are Iraqi and not subordinate to Iran22:52 · filed 19 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFNujaba TV asks whether disarmament covers the PeshmergaAl-Nujaba TV hosted KDP member Wafaa Mohammed Karim endorsing weapons in the hands of the state, with the host asking whether the Peshmerga are included, under an on-screen banner reading 'the resistance rejects American disarmament dictates'23:251 channel · 1 networkNujabaBadr-aligned Watan TV asks who escalated the rhetoricWatan TV, Badr-aligned, carried remarks by al-Bayati and al-Masari saying the factions urged de-escalation while asking who escalated the rhetoric, and that the resistance is not reassured by promises of a U.S. withdrawal23:12 · filed 19 Aug1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationTUESDAY, 18 AUGUST 202653 SIGNALS
iNEWS airs "we may enter the Green Zone" lineiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) aired al-Muhammadawi saying "we may enter the Green Zone" while recalling the aftermath of Qasim Muslih's arrest22:10 · filed 18 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKSSAl-Ittijah reports PMF deployment at Duz and AmerliAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) reported a Popular Mobilization security deployment in the Duz and Amerli districts on the outskirts of Kirkuk22:201 channel · 1 networkKH · PMFAl-Nujaba TV reports 12th Brigade launching operationsAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) reported that the Popular Mobilization's 12th Brigade launched operations ahead of the anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Askari's death21:59 · filed 18 Aug1 channel · 1 networkNujaba · PMFAl-Ahad TV brands al-Janabi a Ba'athist, refuses Jurf al-Nasr pulloutAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried a Basra notable calling Adnan al-Janabi a Ba'athist and foreign-funded while refusing any withdrawal of forces from Jurf al-Nasr22:471 channel · 1 networkAAHAnsar Allah al-Awfiya channel presses Finance Ministry on state postsFAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official) carried MP Ahmad al-Dalfi pressing the Finance Ministry over vacant public posts and legislation for older graduates22:321 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-AwfiyaAAH channel puts river pollution on non-competitive contractingAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried Water Resources Minister Muthanna al-Tamimi blaming Tigris and Euphrates pollution on projects awarded outside competition and calling for a firm parliamentary stance22:331 channel · 1 networkAAHFactions place themselves on the weapons committee, three channels divergeiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported the Coordination Framework's weapons-containment committee is made up of resistance-faction representatives, as Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried a minister saying the cabinet backs restricting weapons and a clash with the factions is unlikely22:433 channels · 3 networksKSS · AAHBadr channel pushes PMF restructuring law as institutional routeWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried al-Dulaimi saying the Popular Mobilization Forces are an official military institution and that a PMF restructuring law will be passed for it21:411 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAAH backs arms-monopoly project; Nujaba and KSS reject itOn the same evening, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried four voices supporting the government's weapons-monopoly project while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) billed its programming as the resistance rejecting American disarmament dictates and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) ridiculed the measures21:574 channels · 4 networksAAH · NujabaAAH and KH channels split on weapons-monopoly lineWithin four minutes, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried the Coordination Framework calling state control of weapons "a national demand" while Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried al-Saadi asking why "weapons restriction" is aired to insult the Iraqi resistance fighter18:432 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHKSS channel relays claim PMF factions began handing over weaponsAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) relayed the head of the security media cell saying a number of factions under the PMF's official administration have "actually begun" weapons-handover procedures, with others moving the same way18:141 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFKSS channel calls dated Baghdad protest over PMF fighter's treatmentAl-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) called a protest for Wednesday 5pm on Palestine Street in Baghdad over "wrongful conduct" toward a PMF fighter of the Baghdad Belt Operations Command, naming Tom Barrack as imposing calls for internal fighting18:141 channel · 1 networkKSS · PMFBadr-aligned Watan TV airs farmers' Finance Ministry protest and dispersalWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) published footage of farmers protesting outside the Finance Ministry over delayed dues and said there was an attempt to disperse them by force18:201 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAl-Ittijah TV airs question on arms file before U.S. withdrawalAl-Ittijah TV aired the writer Muhannad Jawad asking why the weapons-control file is being opened before U.S. forces leave Iraq17:181 channel · 1 networkKHiNEWS states Baghdad Secretariat arrest; Watan TV tags it circulatingiNEWS reported the arrest of the Baghdad Secretariat's finance and administration director general as fact while Watan TV marked the same report as circulating17:452 channels · 2 networksKSS · Badr OrganizationAAH-linked channel faults state handling of PMF commander's arrestAl-Sharwgy 313 (AAH — unofficial leadership signal channel) called the arrest of an unnamed PMF field commander in the Baghdad Belt "a serious error in the manner of handling and procedure" and said the media coverage around it "appeared systematic and deliberate"16:151 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAmiri insists arms decision is Iraqi; AAH channel routes it to parliamentHadi al-Amiri said on Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) that any decision on restricting weapons to the state "can only be Iraqi", while Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried a political analyst reporting Coordination Framework support for Prime Minister Zaidi's measures and a legal expert calling for a parliamentary law16:522 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · AAHNujaba and KH channels announce PMF brigade operation in TarmiyahAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) announced a PMF 12th Brigade operation in Tarmiyah at 13:26 as a "security operation" and restated it at 13:52 as a "pre-emptive operation"; Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) carried the same launch within three minutes of the first post16:522 channels · 2 networksNujaba · KHAAH channel pushes Sudani's line on state control of weaponsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) twice published former prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani saying state control of weapons is a national obligation that protects civil peace and should not be an entry point for confrontation15:311 channel · 1 networkAAHJihad wal-Bina meets army chief, airs faction-integration callHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina publicized secretary-general Jawad Rahim al-Saadi's meeting with army chief of staff Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah on security coordination, while Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) carried a call for the factions to integrate into the security forces15:312 channels · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaKH channels cast Babil arrest warrant as Baath-style silencingUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) framed an arrest warrant against Babil provincial council security committee chairman Muhannad al-Anzi as punishment for his national positions, Sabereen invoking the Baath era and the silencing of voices15:09 · filed 18 Aug2 channels · 1 networkKHKH channel carries refusal to hand over weaponsAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried Abu Ahmad al-Maliki saying weapons cannot be handed over while the Zionist-American project remains active in the region, eighteen minutes after the same channel carried Hadi al-Amiri saying the decision on resistance weapons is Iraqi and its legitimacy is set by the national interest15:341 channel · 1 networkKH · Badr OrganizationKSS channel blames Washington and Gulf for Iraq's power failuresiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) posted twice within fifteen minutes that al-Jazairi said America and the Gulf states do not want electricity stability in Iraq15:481 channel · 1 networkKSSKH channel relays cleric's demand: keep PMF capabilities intactUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) relayed religious authority Ali al-Akbar al-Haeri saying the Popular Mobilization Forces can continue "with all its capacities" under the state's full supervision and that fighters' acquired capabilities must not be touched13:52 · filed 18 Aug1 channel · 1 networkKHAraji: weapons file not aimed at exclusion, iNEWS carriesiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried the prime minister's security adviser Qasim al-Araji saying that placing weapons under state control "does not aim at exclusion or squandering the sacrifices"14:131 channel · 1 networkKSSBadr channel airs MP challenge to Basra airport passenger feeWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) reported MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi addressing the transport minister over Sky Plus's ministry contract at Basra International Airport at $15 per passenger14:211 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationKH channel blames Kurdistan authorities for Erbil petrol queuesUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) blamed Kurdistan Region authorities' failure to act on oil smuggling for petrol queues filmed at a fuel station in Koysanjak, Erbil governorate14:141 channel · 1 networkKHMaliki tells US envoy: Framework committee formed on weaponsAl-Maliki told the U.S. chargé d'affaires that the Coordination Framework has formed a committee to place weapons under state control, carried within twelve minutes by both Badr-aligned Watan TV and KSS-aligned iNEWS14:022 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · KSSHuquq MP demands to know who ordered state TV's weapons broadcastHuquq MP Saud al-Saadi filed a parliamentary question to the Iraqi Media Network demanding to know who ordered Iraqi state television to broadcast weapons-monopoly content he said "insults the Iraqi resistance" while staying silent on US, Turkish and Saudi actions12:56 · filed 18 Aug3 channels · 1 networkKH · AAHSadiqoun MP calls weapons file purely Iraqi, wants Erbil attack probedAAH's Al-Ahad TV carried Sadiqoun MP Safaa al-Jabri calling the weapons-restriction file "purely Iraqi" and, in a separate segment, demanding an immediate investigation into who struck the residence of the Kurdistan regional prime minister13:051 channel · 1 networkAAH · Badr OrganizationMaliki tells US envoy a Framework weapons committee is formedNouri al-Maliki told the US chargé d'affaires that the Coordination Framework has formed a committee to restrict weapons to the state, and that state constitutional institutions are the reference on security and military files — the committee sentence carried in the collected window only by AAH's Al-Ahad TV13:434 channels · 4 networksAAH · Badr OrganizationAmiri asks for calm and warns against provocative movesHadi al-Amiri's written statement asked all parties for "moderation and calm", warned of "the consequences of hasty, ill-considered or provocative interpretations", and said any weapon draws legitimacy from national interest "as decided by the national actor collectively, not separately"13:104 channels · 4 networksBadr Organization · KHAl-Asaf tells al-Zaidi: an eye for an eyeOn KSS-affiliated iNEWS, Abu Mujahid al-Asaf said patience over alleged US-supervised home raids was running out, that his side may act on "an eye for an eye, and the aggressor is more unjust," and told al-Zaidi he faces "men who do not fear blame"12:071 channel · 1 networkKSSAl-Amiri asks factions to drop the tense languageHadi al-Amiri, on Badr's Al-Ghadeer TV, asked that "tense and unjustified language in some statements, declarations and media activities" be abandoned and called all parties to moderation and de-escalation over the weapons-monopoly file12:461 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · KSSAAH calls the premier's weapons steps acceptable as KH hardensAAH's Al-Ahad TV aired a Sadiqoun MP calling the prime minister's weapons-control steps "acceptable and satisfactory" and a guest saying escalation is rejected, within half an hour of KH and KSS channels setting Peshmerga dissolution as a condition11:321 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHFaction channels split on who named the TBI and Development Fund chiefsKH, AAH and Badr channels all relayed the appointment of Ali Abd al-Ridha al-Alwan to head the Trade Bank of Iraq and Bilal al-Hamdani as executive director of the Iraq Development Fund, differing only on whether al-Zaidi or "the prime minister" made them11:254 channels · 3 networksKH · AAHThree factions' channels press the farmers' arrears fight in BaghdadChannels of three factions carried the Baghdad farmers' arrears dispute within twenty-five minutes, with KH-affiliated Sabereen News alone alleging "assaults by riot forces" and serious injuries11:283 channels · 3 networksKH · KSSAl-Assaf sets three conditions on weapons; KH amplifiesAbu Mujahid al-Assaf, carried by KSS-affiliated iNEWS, set three conditions for any government approach to the "weapon of dignity" — full U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi land and airspace, dissolution of the Peshmerga, and removal of Turkish forces — while KH's Al-Ittijah TV headlined the same statement as a warning to al-Zaidi that patience is running out11:502 channels · 2 networksKSS · KHKH-aligned channels report presenter barred, Al-Rasheed warnedUnit 10,000 and Sabereen News, both KH-aligned, carried identical wording that Ahmed al-Tayeb was barred from appearing, his programme stopped, and Al-Rasheed Channel warned, naming no issuing authority10:462 channels · 1 networkKHBadr and KH media carry identical Baniyas pipeline planBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV and KH's Al-Ittijah TV published the same wording on a planned one-million-barrel-per-day crude pipeline to Syria's Baniyas port, Al-Ghadeer first10:482 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · KHFour factions' channels carry PMF reinforcement in southern Salah al-DinAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) reported first, and Badr, Nujaba and Ashab al-Kahf channels followed within the hour, that the Popular Mobilization Forces reinforced their deployment in southern Salah al-Din to secure visitors to the two Askari Imams, with Al-Nujaba TV alone naming Brigade 4109:446 channels · 4 networksKH · NujabaKH channels name Halbousi and Khanjar over Jurf al-Nasr fileAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) relayed an Anbar Alliance accusation that Sunni parties are using the Jurf al-Nasr terrorism file to cover corruption, with Unit 10,000 adding the names Halbousi and Khamis al-Khanjar09:442 channels · 1 networkKHOnly KH's Sabereen adds riot police to shared farmer-protest lineAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) carried near-identical coverage of farmer protests at the Finance Ministry, while Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) alone reported riot-police deployment against the same demonstration09:503 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAl-Ahad airs call for Fayyadh's office to answer, security chief to resignAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) twice carried Hazem al-Shamri saying the prime minister's notification to senior PMF leadership is "a sovereign decision that must be implemented," that Falih al-Fayyadh's office should have denied or explained the attacks on PMF headquarters, and that the head of the security institution should resign if negligence is proven06:38 · filed 18 Aug1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Janoub runs Baghdad grievance hour: graduates, vendors, and the premierAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) ran two Baghdad grievance items within an hour: graduate protests over stalled state appointments, and a street vendor appealing to the prime minister for alternative premises and affordable rents06:03 · filed 18 Aug1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaAssessed: AAH channel builds negligence case against PMF command over strike warningOn Al-Ahad TV, security expert Adnan al-Kinani said Fayyad had been required to evacuate and disperse the headquarters and form an operations room, and analyst Ibrahim al-Dahesh said advance knowledge of the Saudi strike without an evacuation order means a defect in the command-and-control system requiring a professional investigation02:321 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAl-Zaidi backs PMF law and weapons control on AAH's channelAssessed: Al-Ahad TV carried Shibl al-Zaidi saying passage of the PMF law and "regulating weapons" are necessary to build a strong and capable state, with weapons outside the state framework described as a real threat to civil peace02:291 channel · 1 networkAAH · Kataib al-Imam AliAAH MP says lawmakers ready to go to Fayyad's hospital or homeAAH MP Ahmed al-Khazali, on Al-Ahad TV, said that if Fayyad does not attend parliament "we are ready to go to the hospital or even to his home", and that pressure on parliament to prevent the questioning would be disregarded entirely02:331 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFKataib Hezbollah names three conditions on weapons talksKataib Hezbollah's security official set three conditions for dealing with any Iraqi government on the resistance's weapons: complete U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi land and airspace with assurance of no return, expulsion of Turkish forces from northern Iraq, and dissolution of the Peshmerga00:543 channels · 1 networkKH · Badr OrganizationBadr channel carries dialogue line minutes after Kataib Hezbollah's preconditionsBadr-affiliated Watan TV carried a Coordinating Framework readout describing weapons monopoly as a national demand to be achieved through dialogue, six minutes after publishing Kataib Hezbollah's preconditions on the same question01:001 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · KHKataib Hezbollah names al-Zaidi, invokes "an eye for an eye"Kataib Hezbollah's security official Abu Mujahid al-Asafi, in a statement carried by Al-Ittijah TV, named prime-minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi and said KH's patience over house raids had begun to run out and that it may begin acting on "an eye for an eye"00:261 channel · 1 networkKHKataib Hezbollah prices the weapons file against the Framework's dialogue lineKataib Hezbollah set three preconditions — US withdrawal, expulsion of Turkish forces and dissolution of the Peshmerga — before it will discuss "the weapon of dignity" with any government, hours after the Coordination Framework said weapons control would be achieved through dialogue00:143 channels · 3 networksKH · AAHAAH's channel presses the case to remove Falih al-FayyadhAl-Ahad TV carried a Sadiqoun MP saying the session to question PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyadh is set for Thursday and that he will not head the Commission once the PMF law passes, alongside a commentator calling his tenure a clear legal violation00:331 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFMONDAY, 17 AUGUST 20264 SIGNALS
Badr channel defends weapons, rejects shelling KurdistanBadr-affiliated Watan TV relayed Fadlallah saying weapons do not threaten investment companies and that shelling of Kurdistan territory is not accepted despite the region's non-implementation of the agreement23:011 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAAH media sets Thursday interrogation of PMF chief FayyadhSadiqoun MP Ahmed al-Khazali announced on Al-Ahad TV that a session to interrogate PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyadh and the security leadership will be held Thursday, one of four AAH accountability interventions within forty minutes23:271 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFNujaba and KSS channels converge on electricity graftNujaba's NTV and KSS-aligned iNEWS ran parallel electricity-corruption programming within half an hour, including a former minister's lawsuit against an on-air critic23:232 channels · 2 networksNujaba · KSSAAH channel presses for Fayadh's removal over Saudi strike failuresAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried a Sadiqoun bloc MP and a separate commentator faulting the Popular Mobilization Forces administration over the Saudi strike and calling Falih al-Fayadh's continued tenure an explicit legal violation22:301 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMF