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Sabereen News captions Saudi graphic "Severing the Saudi Hand" · Iraq Monitor

TODAY/MILITIA DESK/SIGNAL

07 Aug, 01:30 BAGHDAD

Sabereen News captions Saudi graphic "Severing the Saudi Hand"

WHAT HAPPENED

Sabereen News, affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, posted a short animation showing an explosion and a projectile bearing a red-and-white emblem resembling the Saudi flag, captioned in Arabic and English "Severing the U.S.-Backed Saudi Hand," on the evening of 6 August. The post carries no target, method, timetable or claim of an operation. It appeared in the same hours as the reporting that Saudi Arabia was braced for attacks by Iraqi factions.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated07 Aug, 00:44
“Severing the U.S.-Backed Saudi Hand”
قطع اليد السعودية المدعومة أمريكياً

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THE FILING

Actors: KH
Filed: 07 Aug, 03:32

CITE THIS SIGNAL

Iraq Monitor, "KH-affiliated Sabereen News published an animated explosion with a Saudi-flag projectile captioned "Severing the U.S.-Backed Saudi Hand" in the same hours the Saudi attack reporting circulated," 7 August 2026, https://iraqmonitor.com/signals/kh-affiliated-sabereen-news-published-an-animated-explosion-20260807.