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New16 Aug, 03:37 BAGHDAD

Ashab al-Kahf rejects handover, keeps weapons for destruction

WHAT HAPPENED

Overnight on 16 August 2026, Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) presented what it called the decisive word from the faction’s statement: Ashab al-Kahf has no weapons to hand over and has weapons for destruction and demolition. The post named no target, site, or timetable. The utterance rests on this one affiliated channel; nothing in the collected window corroborates an operation.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official16 Aug, 03:37
“The decisive word from our blessed faction’s statement: we have no weapons to hand over, but we have weapons for destruction and demolition.”
كلمة الفصل من بيان فصيلنا المبارك ليس لدينا سلاح للتسليم لكن لدينا سلاح للتحطيم و التدمير

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.

WATCH

Watch: a claim under an Ashab al-Kahf or Islamic Resistance in Iraq brand, a named site or timetable, or another faction repeating the destruction-not-handover formula by 19 August 2026 would move this file.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY

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خالي ... كلمة الفصل من بيان فصيلنا المبارك ليس لدينا سلاح للتسليم لكن لدينا سلاح للتحطيم و التدمير

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