The official heading the PMF's controlling headquarters in Najaf, named by Sabereen News as Hadi al-Khafaji, gave a quantified account of the province's pilgrimage-visit security plan: 3,500 personnel from the body's various branches, posts holding ground over an 80-kilometre span, and high-level coordination with security forces on all axes under the commander-in-chief's directives. KH's official Al-Ittijah TV carried the ground-holding and coordination lines in an on-air segment shortly before 18:00 on 10 August 2026; Sabereen News and Shabab al-Islam carried the headcount within minutes. The rung is credible rather than higher because three channels reproduce one speaker rather than three independent lines, and no outside coverage of the figures appears in the collected window.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official10 Aug, 20:44
“Our points are holding the ground across a distance of 80 kilometres in coordination with the provincial police and the border-police command.”
نقاطنا ماسكة للأرض على مسافة 80 كيلومترا بالتنسيق مع شرطة المحافظة وقيادة شرطة الحدود
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official10 Aug, 20:45
“We have high-level coordination with the security forces on all axes under the commander-in-chief's directives.”
لدينا تنسيق عالي المستوى مع القوات الأمنية في جميع المحاور تحت توجيهات القائد العام
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated10 Aug, 20:46
“Hadi al-Khafaji, the official of the PMF's controlling headquarters in Najaf: 3,500 fighters from the body's various branches took part in the province's visitation plan.”
مسؤول المقر المسيطر للحشد الشعبي في النجف الأشرف هادي الخفاجي: 3500 مقاتل بمختلف صنوف الهيئة شاركوا في خطة الزيارة بالمحافظة
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned, non-official10 Aug, 20:50
“The official of the PMF's controlling headquarters in Najaf: 3,500 fighters from the body's various branches took part in the province's visitation plan.”
مسؤول المقر المسيطر للحشد الشعبي في النجف الأشرف: 3500 مقاتل بمختلف صنوف الهيئة شاركوا في خطة الزيارة بالمحافظة
A publicly stated headcount, a stated span of ground held, and a stated chain of coordination running to the commander-in-chief are the kind of disposition detail the desk rarely gets on the record from a PMF sector command.