Between roughly 07:00 and 08:30 on 13 August 2026, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) reported a fifth consecutive day of a sit-in by wounded Popular Mobilization Forces personnel and martyrs' families outside the National Retirement Authority, and separately reported an assault on wounded PMF and army personnel holding a peaceful sit-in there. Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) and Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) relayed a statement by MP Miqdad al-Khafaji of the Hoquq movement calling the assaults on the protesters categorically unacceptable and demanding immediate intervention. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported the same fifth day of the sit-in in the same hour but made no mention of any assault. The rung rests on two separate faction networks reporting the same protest; the assault allegation itself appears only in the Kataib Hezbollah stream and no perpetrator is named in any supplied item.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official13 Aug, 09:48
“For the fifth consecutive day, wounded and martyrs of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold a sit-in before the National Retirement Authority to demand their rights.”
لليوم الخامس على التوالي.. اعتصام جرحى وشهداء الحشد الشعبي أمام هيئة التقاعد الوطنية للمطالبة بحقوقهم
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 10:08
“For the fifth consecutive day, wounded and families of the martyrs of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold a sit-in before the National Retirement Authority to demand their rights.”
لليوم الخامس تواليا.. اعتصام جرحى وذوي شهداء الحشد الشعبي أمام هيأة التقاعد الوطنية للمطالبة بحقوقهم
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 10:40
“An assault on wounded of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the army demanding their rights in a peaceful sit-in before the Retirement Authority.”
اعتداء على جرحى الحشد الشعبي والجيش المطالبين بحقوقهم بوقفه سلمية أمام هيأة التقاعد
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated13 Aug, 11:16
“What is happening now before the gate of the National Retirement Authority, assaults that have reached the mujahideen, is categorically unacceptable.”
إن ما يحدث الآن أمام بوابة هيئة التقاعد الوطنية من اعتداءات طالت المجاهدين، أمرٌ مرفوضٌ رفضاً قاطعاً
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated13 Aug, 11:18
“We call on everyone to intervene immediately to stop what is happening, and to protect the dignity of those who spent their lives in the service of the nation.”
ندعو الجميع إلى التدخل الفوري لوقف ما يحدث، وحماية كرامة هؤلاء الذين أفنوا أعمارهم في خدمة الوطن
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 11:25
“The assaults reaching the mujahideen holding the sit-in before the Retirement Authority are categorically unacceptable.”
الاعتداءات التي تطول المجاهدين المعتصمين أمام هيأة التقاعد أمر مرفوض رفضا قاطعا
The same protest is being used by two factions at different intensities, with only Kataib Hezbollah escalating it into a grievance about physical assault on Popular Mobilization Forces wounded at a state institution's gate.