Kuwait.tt reported at 04:41 on 7 August 2026 that the Iraqi government warned the factions against targeting Saudi Arabia and affirmed the exclusivity of the decision on war. The report names no issuing official and quotes no text. The rung is preponderance: the warning sits alongside, and roughly an hour before, four separate reports of Hadi al-Amiri's appeal to the same factions on the same question, which supports that a Saudi-targeting argument was live in Baghdad that morning; what is missing is the identity of the official, the wording, and any faction reply.
- Kuwait.tt07 Aug, 07:41
“The Iraqi government warns the factions against targeting Saudi Arabia and affirms the exclusivity of the decision on war”
الحكومة العراقية تحذر الفصائل من استهداف السعودية وتؤكد حصرية قرار الحرب
The state framing puts any faction strike on Saudi Arabia outside the government's declared authority, converting a retaliation decision into a direct test of the state's monopoly on the use of force.