Across four segments on Al-Ahad TV's "Qabl al-Ghad" on the evening of 10 August 2026, Kirkuk Governor Muhammad Samaan said Qais al-Khazali was the guaranteeing party in Kirkuk's political agreement and thanked him alongside al-Halbousi, Bafel Talabani and al-Kildani; said Kirkuk belongs to the central government and only federal forces should remain; said Article 140's validity has expired and that Kurds see it as a route to annexing Kirkuk; said Turkish forces are in Iraq to protect the Turkmen and because of the PKK; and denied a reported remark about Erdogan, stating "my leader is al-Zaidi, not Erdogan." He also said a committee of Hadi al-Amiri, al-Kildani, al-Halbousi and Nechirvan Barzani had been proposed to travel to Iran to discuss opening passage for ships through Hormuz.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official10 Aug, 23:33
“We want to use our depth with Turkey to strengthen the Iraqi government... my leader is al-Zaidi, not Erdogan... our steps will not be at the expense of Iraq or of sovereignty.”
نريد استخدام عمقنا مع تركيا لتقوية الحكومة العراقية ... رئيسي هو الزيدي وليس اردوغان ... خطواتنا لن تكون على حساب العراق ولا السيادة
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official10 Aug, 23:34
“His Eminence Sheikh al-Khazali was the guaranteeing party in the political agreement in Kirkuk... the Turkmen work to help Baghdad, not Ankara.”
سماحة الشيخ الخزعلي كان الطرف الضامن في الاتفاق السياسي بكركوك ... التركمان يعملون لمساعدة بغداد وليس لانقرة
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official10 Aug, 23:51
“It was proposed to form a committee comprising al-Amiri, al-Kildani, al-Halbousi and Nechirvan Barzani to go to Iran and discuss opening the way for ships through Hormuz... Kirkuk's oil fields are under federal government control... we have no electricity left and we have a suffocating fuel and petrol crisis.”
تم اقتراح تشكيل لجنة تضم العامري والكلداني والحلبوسي ونيجرفان بارزاني للذهاب الى ايران والحديث عن فسح المجال امام البواخر في هرمز ... الحقول النفطية في كركوك تحت سيطرة الحكومة الاتحادية ... لا عدنا كهرباء ولدينا ازمة خانقة بالكاز والبنزين
An AAH channel is publicly banking a provincial governorship's political settlement to Qais al-Khazali's account while airing a cross-party mission to Tehran on shipping — influence over provincial governance stated on the record rather than inferred.