WIRE
KURDISTAN24Iraqi Parliament Speaker Condemns Drone Attack on PM Barzani’s Office5HASHARQ AL-AWSATSources: Ghalibaf’s Baghdad Visit Fell Short of All Objectives6HKURDISTAN24Iran Says Banking Barriers with Iraq Removed8HIRAQ OIL REPORTTripartite northern export deal renewed, spurring Kurdistan field restarts9HTHE NEW REGIONIraqi regulator shuts down Korek offices in Baghdad9HRUDAWIraq reaffirms to Iran's Ghalibaf ban on armed groups threatening other countries11H964 MEDIAIraq asks Iran for special treatment on oil exports through Hormuz13HRUDAWIraq arrests two arms dealers as Baghdad pushes to bring weapons under state control13H964 MEDIAKhazali intervened over PMF officer’s arrest, Sadiqoun deputy says14HRUDAWBaghdad decision against Korek telecom ‘illegal, personal’: CEO15HRUDAWFuel tanker arrives in Iraq amid persisting gasoline shortages18HTHE NEW REGIONPMF law to be passed ‘in the coming days’: Spox18HASHARQ AL-AWSATGhalibaf Discusses Iranian Plan in Baghdad to ‘Hide’ Faction Weapons19HBLOOMBERGChinese Refiners Snap Up Iraqi Oil as More Supplies Exit Hormuz21HAL-MONITORBarzani calls for enhanced air defense for Kurdistan Region to counter drone attacks24HKURDISTAN24Iraqi National Security Advisor Meets EU Envoy, Diplomats to Discuss Cooperation and Security1D
Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence
Unverified claimNew20 Aug, 23:49 BAGHDAD

KH and KSS channels relay Babil's 5,000-warrant line within ten minutes

WHAT HAPPENED

Sabereen News (KH — affiliated), Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) each posted the same sentence attributed to the governor of Babil — that there are arrest warrants against 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr — over roughly ten minutes on the evening of 20 August 2026. The three postings carry the claim in materially identical words with no added commentary, no named suspects and no warrant details. The desk logged the same sentence moving across the two KH-affiliated channels in an earlier assessment, where it travelled without the governor's surrounding material on land investment and named exclusions.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated20 Aug, 23:39

    Babil governor: We have arrest warrants against 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    محافظ بابل: لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

  2. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated20 Aug, 23:42

    Babil governor — We have arrest warrants against 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    🟡محافظ بابل — لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

  3. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated20 Aug, 23:49

    Babil governor: We have arrest warrants against 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    🔹محافظ بابل: لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

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

The single sentence carried across two factions' media, stripped of the governor's surrounding remarks about investment in Jurf al-Nasr and about who may return there, is the part of his account these networks chose to put in front of their audiences.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)🔹محافظ بابل: لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.