August 2026
90 SIGNALS · THE CLOSED VOLUMETUESDAY, 4 AUGUST 20267 SIGNALS
PMF states 70-plus battalions on provincial borders for ArbaeenPopular Mobilization Forces figures carried within half an hour by Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina, KH and Badr channels state 54,000-plus personnel, aircraft and thermal cameras, and more than 70 battalions on provincial borders for Arbaeen15:11credible evidence3 channels · 3 networksPMF · KHKSS and Nujaba channels carry "prepare for a major battle" quotesKSS-affiliated iNEWS and Nujaba's official Al-Nujaba TV carried, within seventeen minutes on 4 August, breaking-news graphics quoting a speaker identified only as "Sheikh Qasim" calling to "prepare for a major battle" and to confront those who implement the Israeli project11:19credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksKSS · NujabaAl-Janoub TV reports PMF tightening vehicle screening in KarbalaAssessed: Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official owned media) reported that the Popular Mobilization Forces have reinforced vehicle inspection and screening procedures in Karbala, publishing checkpoint footage with no unit named and no stated threat04:54credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · PMFAAH channel airs claim factions deferred Saudi response past ArbaeenAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried Mahdi Khazaal saying factions postponed a response to Saudi Arabia until after the Arbaeen visitation and that leniency toward Saudi aggression would open the door to further attacks02:44preponderance1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel runs back-to-back items against printing moneyAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) ran two consecutive items rejecting currency printing and exchange-rate change as unlawful and as a cost transferred to citizens02:44credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel casts weapons-confinement drive as a US test of al-ZaidiAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried Falah al-Dhahabi describing the weapons-confinement process as very complicated and saying America wants to test al-Zaidi's strength02:44credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAl-Ahad TV airs MP calling Iraq an economically "fragile state"Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired Finance Committee member Riyad al-Tamimi calling Iraq economically a "fragile state" whose weaknesses the regional war exposed01:41credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHMONDAY, 3 AUGUST 202624 SIGNALS
AAH broadcaster stacks two guests against exchange-rate changeAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired two consecutive segments on 3 August in which economic adviser Safwan Qusay and finance committee member Riyad al-Tamimi both rejected exchange-rate change and currency printing and called the government's revenue legislation inadequate23:51credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHKhazali hands the Iraqi state a five-part Sinjar demand listQais al-Khazali's media office issued a Sinjar anniversary statement demanding the Iraqi state resolve the administrative vacuum in place since 2017, rebuild Yazidi homes, compensate victims and return more than 120,000 displaced people, relayed within minutes by Al-Ahad TV and the Asaib Ahl al-Haq channel23:03credible evidence3 channels · 1 networkAAHTwo Iraqi channels split Rezaei's Kuwait and Erbil claimsStatements attributed to Rezaei claiming American sites in Kuwait were turned to rubble and forces evacuated from Erbil were carried by iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) and, in a capability-focused form, by Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official), with no Iraqi group claiming the attacks23:03preponderance2 channels · 2 networksKSS · Badr OrganizationAssessed: Al-Hamidawi refuses disarmament, pledges bigger arsenal, press reports sayAssessed: Press reports attribute to Kataib Hezbollah secretary-general Ahmad al-Hamidawi a refusal to dismantle the resistance's weapons and a pledge to "develop it and enlarge its arsenal"22:02preponderance3 channels · 1 networkKHAAH's Al-Ahad TV pounds Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in five postsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) ran five consecutive items in thirteen minutes relaying Salam Adel's charge that Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein is failing his duties and that the Foreign Ministry file is a "ticking time bomb" that will explode in the government's body22:02credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHHamidawi line spreads from KH channel to Badr channel with added wordingStatements attributed to Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, carried first by Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) and within the hour by Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated), call for holding the resistance weapon, developing it and enlarging its arsenal, with the Badr-side version adding a call to "cleanse our security space"21:00credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAssessed: Kata'ib Hezbollah vows to enlarge its arsenal, promises multiplied costsA statement issued in the name of Kata'ib Hezbollah secretary-general Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi rejects relinquishing the resistance's weapons, commits to "developing them and enlarging the arsenal" and to tighter secrecy, and says the American-Saudi enemy will pay "multiplied" costs for a crime that may found a new regional phase20:14credible evidence4 channels · 1 networkKHAl-Ahad TV blames Iraq's Foreign Ministry as KH blames WashingtonAAH's Al-Ahad TV turns the alleged Saudi-American attack on Iraq into an attack on the Foreign Ministry, asking "where is the Foreign Ministry?" while KH's statement directs the same event outward at Washington and Riyadh20:14preponderance1 channel · 1 networkAAH · KHKH's Diyala office says Baghdad's window to answer Riyadh is shortAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) reported the Kataib Hezbollah representation in Diyala saying the Iraqi government's period for responding to "the Saudi aggression" "will not be long"18:28credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHBadr media mourns 24th Brigade dead, carries IRGC condolence messageBadr's Al-Ghadeer TV carried a Diyala commemoration for 24th Brigade personnel with calls for a firm government position on "the aggression", and forty minutes later a message from the IRGC Supreme Leader's representative on the martyrdom of PMF fighters in Iraq16:33preponderance1 channel · 1 networkBadr Organization · PMFAAH channel airs Kildani blaming political deals for stalled Sinjar postsAl-Ahad TV carried Babylon Movement leader Rayan al-Kildani saying political courtesies and calculations have so far prevented the Sinjar district administrator and the Sinuni subdistrict director from taking up their posts16:33credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel carries call to put al-Kadhimi on trialAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried Mashreq al-Furaiji, named as a leader in the Construction and Development Coalition, demanding that former prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi be tried, with the hashtag "Try al-Kadhimi" and text saying files linked to his government deserve renewed audit and investigation14:36credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina channel airs "ink on paper" line on US pactAl-Janoub TV, Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's official channel, aired Wisam Aziz calling the U.S. security agreement "ink on paper" that Washington has not implemented since 200812:40credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaKH channel calls weapons handover an American projectAl-Ittijah TV, KH's official owned media, quoted al-Sindi saying the handover of resistance weapons is an American project extending from Gaza through Lebanon and Iraq to Iran10:35credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) broadcast Hisham al-Husseini saying any party that responds to what he called Saudi aggression and embarrasses the government must be dealt with as outside the law, and that the state alone holds the right to respond04:58credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHSabereen News tells factions not to give up their weaponsSabereen News (KH — affiliated) posted "from Jurf al-Nasr to the Republic of Ali… do not leave the weapons" with video captioned as visitors' words urging factions not to surrender their weapons04:58credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Ahad TV stacks salary-crisis segments rejecting new borrowingAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) ran four posts in roughly half an hour saying the Central Bank cannot fund salaries after month ten, that Iraq cannot borrow again from the World Bank, and that compulsory saving is on the table, while naming Adnan al-Jumaili over billions04:04credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel links commander-in-chief office reshuffle to weapons talksAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reported that Hayder al-Aboudi tied the reshaping of the commander-in-chief's office to continuing dialogue with parties reluctant to hand over their weapons, without naming them02:44credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHKSS-aligned iNEWS puts dinar printing into salary-crisis coverageiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported that Iraq's salary crisis is worsening and that printing the dinar has entered the range of proposed solutions02:44credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKSSJihad wal-Bina channel: arm the army first, then discuss weapons controlHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's official channel relayed MP Jawad Rahim al-Saadi calling the Wednesday-dawn attack on PMF headquarters a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and sequencing modern weapons for the army before any discussion of confining arms to the state01:42credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · PMFAAH channel airs spokesperson: state not poor, building routes around HormuzAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi saying the Iraqi state is not poor and is establishing alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz01:42credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHBadr-aligned Watan TV carries Abadi's bar on armed factions in electionsWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) twice carried Haider al-Abadi saying no armed faction may contest elections and that use of state agencies turns democracy into populism00:42preponderance1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationThree factions press the salary crisis; AAH's guests contradict each otherAAH's own Al-Ahad TV broadcast two guests giving incompatible salary timelines within a minute, while iNEWS and Al-Ittijah TV pressed the same liquidity theme within forty minutes00:42credible evidence3 channels · 3 networksAAH · KHAl-Janoub airs guest calling execution the minimum for Saudi criminalsAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) aired guest Hussein al-Shaihani saying that for "Saudi criminals here" the minimum penalty is execution, in a segment tagged Iraq and Saudi Arabia00:42preponderance1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaSUNDAY, 2 AUGUST 202627 SIGNALS
AAH channel airs Baghdad saying Iran's oil exemption never materialisedOn the same AAH broadcast the government spokesman said Iran told Baghdad Iraqi oil was covered by a Hormuz exemption, but that no exemption exists on the ground22:51credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH channel airs government denial of tip-off to Hashd commandersAssessed: AAH's Al-Ahad TV aired the government spokesman denying any Iraqi coordination with or foreknowledge of the Saudi-American attacks, denying that PM al-Zaydi warned Hashd commanders, and placing war authority with parliament22:51credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAnsar Allah al-Awfiya announces 19th Brigade deployment in KarbalaAnsar Allah al-Awfiya's official channel announced that the movements section of its 19th Brigade began field deployment in Karbala under the Arbaeen visitation security plan20:45credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAnsar Allah al-AwfiyaKH channel carries Wasit alliance condemning "American-Saudi attacks"Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) reported that the 20th Revolution Alliance in Wasit "condemns the American-Saudi attacks and warns about the current circumstances", without naming a target, an action or a timetable20:45preponderance1 channel · 1 networkKHKH-affiliated channel amplifies attack on Barzani and Talabani wealthUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated media) relayed Shaswar Abdulwahid alleging that millions of dollars are pumped daily to the Barzani and Talabani families while Kurdistan's citizens are kept from their share of the region's wealth20:45credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHKSS-linked iNEWS pushes HEPIQ student-fee file at education ministryiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) ran the HEPIQ student-fee file as "bigger and more dangerous than merely a deduction from the student", citing Education Committee member Haider al-Mutairi on a 66,000-dinar charge19:40credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKSSAl-Ahad TV foregrounds Hakim–Zaidi call to diversify oil export outletsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) presented Ammar al-Hakim and al-Zaidi as affirming that the financial crisis must be addressed by diversifying income sources and oil-export outlets19:40credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHKH channels track ammunition blasts at Taji camp, name no attackerKH-affiliated Unit 10,000 and Sabereen News reported smoke, then exploding ammunition, then continuing detonations at Taji Camp in Baghdad over a 38-minute span on 2026-08-02, attributing the blasts to a fire and naming no perpetrator16:57preponderance2 channels · 1 networkKHSabereen News reports raids and digging in Jumaili refinery caseSabereen News (KH — affiliated) reported simultaneous security raids in Sharqat on the home of a former Baiji refinery department head and on family homes in al-Suwaidan village, with searches and digging continuing in the Adnan al-Jumaili case15:45preponderance1 channel · 1 networkKHAAH channel publishes order removing acting Shia Endowment chiefAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) published what it presented as the signed order ending Haidar al-Shamri's assignment as acting head of the Shia Endowment Office and returning him to Baghdad University's College of Medicine15:45credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHSabereen News runs artefact-expert probe claim, then Authority's narrowingSabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried a circulating claim that archaeologist Amer Abdul Razzaq was referred for investigation after demanding an artefact back from Kuwait, then half an hour later carried the Antiquities Authority saying the step was only questioning15:45credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHAl-Janoub TV airs Abbas Ghadir mocking Abu Ali al-ShaybaniAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) published Abbas Ghadir mocking Abu Ali al-Shaybani over a sovereignty statement, naming him directly14:47credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaPress: PMF clears Nineveh outposts over U.S. strike fearsShafaq News reported that Popular Mobilization Forces cleared outposts in Nineveh over fears of U.S. strikes; no PMF or faction statement appears in the collected militia material14:47preponderance1 channel · 1 networkPMFAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) relayed National Security Service Arbaeen figures: ten arrests for alleged extremist affiliation, 55 rumours "handled", and 16,000 Husseini processions catalogued in a central database13:56credible evidence2 channels · 1 networkBadr OrganizationNineveh: Nujaba shows PMF deployed, press reports it relocatingAl-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) announced a Popular Mobilization Forces security operation in the Nineveh Plain for Arbaeen at 10:27, while Shafaq News had reported at 09:04 that the Popular Mobilization Forces were vacating their Nineveh premises for alternative sites in anticipation of American strikes13:56preponderance2 channels · 1 networkNujaba · PMFAAH presses Foreign Ministry and prime minister over "Saudi aggression"Asaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV attacked the Iraqi Foreign Ministry for not withdrawing ambassadors or protesting to Riyadh, and reported within the same half-hour that AAH's Sadiqoun bloc had submitted a parliamentary question to the prime minister on what it called "Saudi-American aggression"13:00credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHBadr outlet ties weapons handover to American withdrawalWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) attributed to al-Tamimi the statement that restricting weapons to the state is contingent on the departure of American forces and that the resistance will not surrender its weapons otherwise06:25credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationBadr outlet pairs patronage complaint with backing for al-ZaydiOn the same outlet five minutes earlier, al-Tamimi accused parties of exploiting state resources through their arms inside institutions while declaring support for Prime Minister al-Zaydi's steps and agreements06:25credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationBadr outlet attacks acting appointments over security ministriesWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried al-Tamimi accusing parties of exploiting state resources through their arms inside institutions and calling the running of military, security and sensitive agencies by acting officials a violation of the constitution04:55credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationAAH channel presses Iraqi institutions to answer alleged Saudi strikesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried analyst Hisham al-Sayyab demanding the presidencies, parliament, foreign ministry, intelligence and national security act on what he called Saudi aggression and take it to the UN Security Council04:07credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH and KH channels give Sulaymaniyah strike two different targetsAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) posted night footage of Sulaymaniyah within four minutes of each other on 1 August, describing the same city's burning site as, respectively, the headquarters of Iranian opposition parties and American sites02:38credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHKH and Badr channels report Erbil aerial clash within a minuteUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) and Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported an aerial clash over Erbil in near-identical wording within one minute of each other on the night of 1 August, naming no aircraft, participants or perpetrator02:38preponderance2 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAl-Ahad TV airs call for mass arrests as fiscal remedyAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV aired a commentator saying Iraq's escape from its financial crisis lies in either printing currency or "arresting 100 more Adnan Jumailis", twenty minutes after airing a claim that oil revenue fell from nine trillion to two trillion in three months01:40credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHKSS-aligned iNEWS carries MP calling silence on foreign overflights treasonKata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada-aligned iNEWS carried MP Faleh al-Khazali saying 136 Turkish military penetration points and four bases in Mosul are ignored, and that silence over daily Israeli and American aircraft in Iraq's skies is treason01:40credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKSSMilitia channels report drone hits in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, name different targetsBetween 21:51 and 22:30 on 1 August, Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated, Badr-owned and Nujaba-owned channels reported drone strikes and direct hits in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, describing the targets variously as American sites, opposition headquarters and separatist-party headquarters, with no claim of responsibility in the collected material01:40preponderance4 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationKH channel publishes Interior memo mapping every PMF siteSabereen News published a scanned Interior Ministry intelligence memo dated 1 August ordering a detailed inventory of all PMF headquarters, camps and offices including MGRS coordinates, manpower and weapons stores, framed around recent strikes on PMF sites00:42credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKH · PMFAAH channel airs guest saying factions can target Saudi ArabiaOn Al-Ahad TV, political researcher Hussein Shlooshi said the factions possess weapons and are capable of targeting Saudi Arabia, and that the factions have put the ball in the government's court to respond to 'Saudi aggression'00:42preponderance1 channel · 1 networkAAHSATURDAY, 1 AUGUST 202632 SIGNALS
Assessed: AAH pairs territorial-restraint pledge with on-air demand for tougher responseAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried an official statement renewing a commitment not to allow Iraqi territory to be used as a launch point for aggression, and in the same hour aired commentary asking why there was no military response and why the foreign ministry did not summon the Saudi ambassador or recall Iraq's envoy from Riyadh23:42credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHiNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) carried the full text of al-Zaidi's emergency security meeting while Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) posted two of its lines minutes earlier, both without faction commentary23:42credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksBadr Organization · KSSBadr channel relays Rezaei: response would reach all bases, anywhereAl-Ghadeer TV, Badr Organization official media, relayed Ibrahim Rezaei saying a response to any potential enemy attack would extend beyond the Gulf to all the enemy's bases and the launch points of attacks wherever they are22:54credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkBadr OrganizationMilitia channels report Sulaymaniyah party-office attack, nobody claims itFour channels across KH, Nujaba and Ashab al-Kahf reported an attack on party headquarters in Sulaymaniyah within four minutes, with no claim of responsibility and differing target descriptions22:54preponderance4 channels · 3 networksKH · NujabaKSS-aligned iNEWS says strikes ended the weapons-handover discussioniNEWS, aligned with KSS, posted that the strikes on Iraq strengthened the resistance factions and stopped any discussion of handing over weapons22:54credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKSSAl-Ahad TV turns Saudi strike claims into PMF-law and ambassador demandsAAH's Al-Ahad TV ran a concentrated block of demands turning alleged Saudi and American strikes into calls to summon the Saudi ambassador, convene the UN, arm the air defenses and pass the PMF law, while criticising the Foreign Ministry as weak22:54clear & convincing2 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHKH and Nujaba outlets push same pipeline recovery claim against RiyadhUnit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) posted the same parliamentary call for legal measures to recover Iraqi ownership of the Zubair–Khreis–Yanbu pipeline running through Saudi Arabia, each attaching a scanned document whose visible date differs between the two postings21:42preponderance2 channels · 2 networksKH · NujabaAl-Ahad presses Baghdad to summon Saudi envoy over strikesAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired a political analyst calling on the prime minister's office and Foreign Ministry to summon the Saudi ambassador and file complaints at the Security Council, the UN and the OIC over what he called the Saudi-American aggression against Iraq21:42credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHSadiqun bloc pushes five-ministry parliamentary campaign over strikes on PMF sitesAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV published eleven items between 15:36 and 17:30 on 1 August setting out Sadiqun bloc parliamentary questions to the prime minister and the defence, finance, foreign and health ministers, and a letter to bloc heads requesting an emergency session, over what it calls "Saudi-American aggression" against Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters20:43credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAH · PMFAsaib Ahl al-Haq floods parliament with questions over strikes on IraqAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV published ten items in under an hour documenting Sadiqoun bloc parliamentary questions to the prime minister and four ministers, an emergency-session request and an accountability demand over what it calls "Saudi-American aggression"19:44credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHAAH outlet adds 750,000-barrel floor to Ceyhan deal KSS relayed bareiNEWS (KSS — affiliated) and Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) relayed al-Zaydi announcing a signed agreement with Turkey to move and load Iraqi crude through Ceyhan, with only Al-Ahad TV carrying a 750,000-barrel-per-day minimum17:50credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksAAH · KSSKH channel presses Baghdad to reclaim Iraq's pipeline through Saudi ArabiaAl-Ittijah TV (KH — official) published a Hoquq bloc parliamentary question demanding the prime minister state what legal steps he is taking to recover ownership of the Iraqi oil pipeline crossing Saudi Arabia, and whether Baghdad will seek compensation from Riyadh17:50credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkKHAAH and KH channels run same MP line blaming Riyadh and WashingtonAl-Ahad TV and Unit 10,000 carried near-identical remarks by MP Mukhtar al-Moussawi describing "Saudi-American aggression" and parliamentary signatures to summon Iraq's security leaders16:58credible evidence2 channels · 2 networksAAH · KHAAH channel drives PMF law push alone in the windowAsaib Ahl al-Haq's Al-Ahad TV ran eight posts in under an hour carrying Sadiqoun bloc claims that all procedures on the PMF law are complete and more than 100 parliamentary signatures secured16:58clear & convincing1 channel · 1 networkAAHSabereen News (KH — affiliated) reported the Erbil refinery fire extinguished and in the same sentence called the refinery an illegal facility generating money for "the smuggler Masoud and his family", while Badr, KH and KSS outlets carried an identical line welcoming resumed Ceyhan exports14:06credible evidence3 channels · 3 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAAH's Al-Ahad blames Oil Ministry import ban for fifth-day fuel crisisAl-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired economist Ramzi al-Sari blaming the import ban that followed the Oil Ministry's self-sufficiency declaration for the current crisis, over a lower-third reporting a fifth consecutive day of fuel-station queues14:06credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkAAHKH and Badr outlets relay Diwaniya police arrests over detainee assaultUnit 10,000 and Al-Ittijah TV (both KH) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) each carried, in near-identical wording, that Diwaniya police detained an officer and personnel for assaulting a female detainee at the al-Nahda centre14:06credible evidence3 channels · 2 networksKH · Badr OrganizationAssessed: iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried the Basra Education Directorate's statement that it was threatened with a weapon by MP Raja al-Harbi and her son, then eight minutes later carried al-Harbi's denial and her announcement she would sue the directorate's director14:06preponderance1 channel · 1 networkKSSAssessed: Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina media carries Khatam al-Anbiya war warningAl-Janoub TV, Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's official media, carried a Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters commander saying the United States is rapidly seeking to ignite a comprehensive regional war and uses the region's Muslim states' resources and infrastructure as a shield for its army12:59credible evidence1 channel · 1 networkHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaFour militia channels converge on Kuwait in twenty minutesFour faction media channels — Nujaba, Ashab al-Kahf, KSS and KH-affiliated — posted Kuwait-focused items within a twenty-minute span, moving from unattributed explosions to two named U.S.-linked military locations, with no claim of responsibility by any group12:06preponderanceKSS · NujabaKH posts armed convoy footage on the Karbala roadsKH's official KAF Center posted video of an armed convoy with the line "along the roads leading to Karbala, the men stand", republished word-for-word by two KH-affiliated channels within a minute10:14credible evidenceKHMilitia channels carry Kuwait drone attack; nobody claims itFive militia media networks carried a reported drone attack in Kuwait within roughly half an hour, with Badr Organization's Al-Ghadeer TV naming Ali al-Salem air base; no Iraqi faction claimed responsibility in the collected material10:14credible evidenceKH · NujabaWatan TV stacks four grievances against Sudani's government in one hourWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) ran four consecutive items in under an hour pressing the Sudani government on provincial councils, martyrs' benefits, Ministry of Industry corruption files and U.S. control of Iraqi air defence06:23credible evidenceBadr OrganizationTwo militia networks bury dead they blame on U.S.-Saudi strikesAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) each covered funerals for personnel they say were killed in strikes attributed to the United States and Saudi Arabia, differing on who they name06:23preponderanceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · KHAl-Janoub TV relays 1920 Revolution Alliance readiness-to-deter lineAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) relayed the Alliance of the 1920 Revolution condemning the aggression and, in the channel's wording, signalling readiness to deter the attacks06:23credible evidenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-BinaBadr-aligned channel reports checkpoints near PM's family homeAssessed: Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated/aligned media) published a hedged report that joint checkpoints and heightened security were installed near the family home of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Baghdad's al-Bunuk area, naming no unit and no triggering threat03:59preponderanceBadr OrganizationBadr-linked channel airs demand to replace Basra's directorsWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated/aligned media) carried MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi calling for all general directors in Basra province to be reconsidered, naming the Basra health director in particular02:39credible evidenceBadr OrganizationBadr channel relays Tasnim on readiness plan against U.S. actionAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) relayed Tasnim quoting an unnamed "high-level security official" that "we have prepared a comprehensive plan to respond to any potential American foolishness"01:41credible evidenceBadr OrganizationBadr channel reports bodies flown into Qayyarah after "American-Saudi" strikeAl-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported a plane carrying bodies of "martyrs who fell as a result of American-Saudi aggression" landing at Qayyarah base near Mosul, with no claim of responsibility from any party in the collected material01:41preponderanceBadr OrganizationJihad wal-Bina channel names Saudi Arabia, conditional on BaghdadAl-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) carried Wissam Aziz saying "we will discipline Saudi Arabia, as al-Hamza disciplined it, if the Iraqi government does not take action"01:41credible evidenceHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina · Badr OrganizationBadr-linked Watan TV demands "another Dawn Sweep" in Education MinistryWatan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) aired an educator alleging 47 demolished schools in Rusafa III and ministerial concealment, and calling for "another Dawn Sweep" inside the Education Ministry with an audit of directors-general's wealth00:43credible evidenceBadr OrganizationKSS-linked iNEWS airs "factions are a pressure card on Saudi Arabia"iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried commentator Riyad al-Wahili saying "the factions are a pressure card on Saudi Arabia and may prevent another strike", without naming any faction, target, or operation00:43credible evidenceKSS