Between 10:38 and 11:00 on 28 July 2026, five channels across four tracked actors carried the same Iraqi Council of Ministers diwani order no. 49 (ref. \u0642/\u0662/\u0665/\u0665\u0664\u0665\u0661, dated 8 July 2026, signed by Secretary-General Hamid Naim al-Ghazi) assigning "Alaa Abdel Hassan Ali" to manage the General Company for Iraqi Ports in the Ministry of Transport: Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH-affiliated), Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS-affiliated), Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina official media) and Watan TV (Badr-affiliated). Four of the five captioned him as "the maritime captain Alaa Abdel Hassan al-Ukaili"; only KH's Unit 10,000 added the editorial line that he takes the post "instead of the deposed Farhan al-Fartusi" (\u0628\u062f\u0644\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062e\u0644\u0648\u0639 \u0641\u0631\u062d\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0637\u0648\u0633\u064a). The rung is set by the document itself being displayed in four separate posts with matching reference number and date, which is independent of any single channel's caption; no external media reporting of the appointment is present in the collected window, so the political reading of it rests on militia framing alone.
The Iraqi ports directorate controls customs clearance, berth and licensing decisions and the Basra logistics revenue stream, so who holds it is a durable resource question for the factions embedded in Basra security and commerce.