On 27 October, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) reported substantial losses for Maysan traders, while iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) reported rising food and construction-material prices and a continuing truck-owners’ sit-in over Shib’s closure. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried researcher and academic Hashem al-Daraji’s defense of Maysan’s council chairman and political-affairs researcher Ahmed al-Miyahi’s call for reopening, prior coordination with local government and alternatives to the closed crossing; al-Miyahi expressly said he did not object to government procedures. Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated/aligned media) also relayed residents’ three-day reopening deadline and stated intention to demonstrate if it remained closed.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media27 Oct, 10:28
“Al-Ittijah correspondent: Maysan province’s traders are suffering substantial losses because of the closure of Shib crossing.”
مراسل (الاتجاه): تجار محافظة ميسان يتكبدون خسائر كبيرة جراء إغلاق منفذ الشيب
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media27 Oct, 10:29
“Maysan residents: Closing Shib border crossing has an economic impact and adversely affects the province. We have given the government three days to open the crossing; otherwise, we will launch demonstrations condemning it.”
اهالي ميسان : غلق منفذ الشيب الحدودي يخلف أثرا اقتصاديا ويؤثر سلبا على المحافظة • منحنا الحكومة مهلة ثلاثة أيام لفتح المنفذ وبخلافه سننطلق بتظاهرات منددة
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media27 Oct, 11:22
“Our correspondent: The sit-in by truck owners opposing the closure of Shib crossing in Maysan continues.”
مراسلنا: استمرار اعتصام اصحاب الشاحنات المعترضين على غلق منفذ الشيب في ميسان
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media27 Oct, 11:23