A statement issued in the name of Hay'at al-Hashd al-Shaabi (the Popular Mobilization Commission), published on 9 August 2026 beginning at 10:19, says that since regional events began months earlier all its forces were placed on alert, and that two days before the attack all units were instructed to take maximum precautions — which it credits with limiting casualties. The full text was published by Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official channel and by Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media); Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official), Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) broke the same text into sequential single-line posts. The alert claim rests on this one statement; no independent line in the collected material describes the alert posture or the prior warning.
- Asaib Ahl al-HaqAAH — official armed group channel09 Aug, 13:19
“Since regional events began months ago and up to today, it placed all its forces on alert, and two days before the assault all units were instructed to take the utmost caution, which contributed to sparing much blood and reducing the scale of losses”
منذ بدء الأحداث في المنطقة قبل أشهر ولغاية اليوم، وضعت جميع قواتها في حالة إنذار، كما جرى، قبل يومين من الاعتداء، إبلاغ جميع القطعات بضرورة أخذ أقصى درجات الحيطة والحذر، وهو ما أسهم في حقن الكثير من الدماء وتقليل حجم الخسائر
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 13:28
“The Hashd Commission: since regional events began and up to today we have placed all our forces on alert”
هيئة الحشد: منذ بدء أحداث المنطقة ولغاية اليوم وضعنا جميع قواتنا في حالة إنذار
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media09 Aug, 13:33
“The Popular Mobilization: since events began in the region months ago and up to today we have placed all our forces on alert”
الحشد الشعبي: منذ بدء الأحداث في المنطقة قبل أشهر ولغاية اليوم وضعنا جميع قواتنا في حالة إنذار
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media09 Aug, 13:37
“The Popular Mobilization: since events began in the region months ago and up to today we have placed all our forces on alert”
الحشد الشعبي: منذ بدء الأحداث في المنطقة قبل أشهر ولغاية اليوم وضعنا جميع قواتنا في حالة إنذار
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media09 Aug, 13:33
“It placed all its forces on alert, and two days before the assault all units were instructed to take the utmost caution”
وضعت جميع قواتها في حالة إنذار، كما جرى، قبل يومين من الاعتداء، إبلاغ جميع القطعات بضرورة أخذ أقصى درجات الحيطة والحذر
Watch: a named perpetrator in Commission or faction messaging, a claim of retaliation under any Iraqi resistance brand, outside reporting fixing the date and location of the attack on the headquarters, or a stand-down of the declared alert — any of these moves this file.