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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Militia violenceFirst observed26 Jul, 02:43 BAGHDAD

Nujaba's executive council chairman announces a previously unseen unit, Liwa Karbalaiyun al-Khadami, described as operating in all Iraqi governorates

WHAT HAPPENED

Noon Media, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba's official social media channel, posted on 2026-07-25 at 23:43 UTC that the chairman of the movement's executive council, Sheikh Nazim al-Saidi, "announces the formation of Liwa Karbalaiyun al-Khadami to operate in all Iraqi governorates" (يعلن عن تشكيل لواء كربلائيون الخدمي للعمل في كافة المحافظات العراقية), tagged #كنا_ومازلنا_مقاومة ("we were and remain resistance"). Visual review of the accompanying video — a fallible visual and text extraction, with audio not assessed — shows a cleric-attired speaker at a podium before banners reading "The First Founding Congress, Liwa Karbalaiyun al-Khadami, 1448 AH – 25 July 2026" and "Martyr Commander Abu Taqi al-Saidi Hospital," with attendees in military-style uniforms and media crews present. No other tracked channel was observed carrying or responding to the announcement in this window, and no Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Kataib al-Imam Ali or Popular Mobilization Forces material appeared at all.

WHY IT MATTERS

A new named Nujaba formation with declared reach into every governorate expands the movement's organizational footprint outside the Popular Mobilization Forces legal framework at the same moment other factions are fighting over that framework in parliament.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)🔴 رئيس المجلس التنفيذي لحركة النجباء الشيخ ناظم السعيدي يعلن عن تشكيل لواء كربلائيون الخدمي للعمل في كافة المحافظات العراقية #كنا_ومازلنا_مقاومة
Published as evidence, not endorsement