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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Militia violenceSilence signal29 Jul, 14:33 BAGHDAD

Kataib Hezbollah official ties Iraqi stability to hitting back at Riyadh

Kataib Hezbollah's Wasit representative Muhammad al-Safi told Al-Ittijah TV on 29 July 2026 that "there is no stability in Iraq unless there is a response to the Saudi aggression"

WHAT HAPPENED

At 11:33 on 29 July 2026, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) published a line attributed to Muhammad al-Safi, described as the head of Kataib Hezbollah's representation in Wasit province: "There is no stability in Iraq unless there is a response to the Saudi aggression." This came roughly ten minutes after the same channel had carried Harakat al-Nujaba's statement verbatim and the funeral line from al-Hussein Military Hospital. No other tracked faction was observed in the collected window making Iraqi stability conditional on a response. Exact-text republication was also observed on Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (affiliated/aligned media), Noon Media (official social media channel), and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (official armed group channel).

WATCH

Watch: a statement in Kataib Hezbollah's own name rather than a relay; a repetition of the stability-conditionality formula by a national-level Kataib Hezbollah figure; adoption of the same formula by Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada or Badr Organization — any of these moves this file.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)مسؤول ممثلية كتائب حزب الله في واسط السيد محمد الصافي لـ(الاتجاه): لا استقرار في العراق ما لم يتم الرد على العدوان السعودي #قناة_الاتجاه #للحقيقة_اتجاه_واحد
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Kataib Hezbollah official ties Iraqi stability to hitting back at Riyadh · Iraq Monitor