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LBCI: the border shut after drone launch sites were found. Baghdad: the closures are "temporary" and "organisational"

Iraq closed crossings with Iran hours after drones hit a Saudi oil pipeline, and sacked its Maysan commanders. Four reports give four reasons for the same closed gate; the official one is the only reason with a name attached to it.

Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq
Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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Agreed. Drones hit Saudi Arabia's east–west oil pipeline on Thursday; Riyadh and Baghdad both say they flew from Iraqi soil. On Saturday Iraq shut crossings with Iran, and Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi sacked Maysan's operations commander and police chief.

Why the gates shut — four answers in one day

Outlet The reason given Sourced to
An-Nahar an intelligence effort to track the culprits and block drone smuggling an unnamed Iraqi security source
The Jerusalem Post "a precautionary measure after the drone attacks" two security sources, via Reuters
LBCI the Tayyib area shut after drone launch sites were found two Iraqi military sources, via Reuters
Shargh "temporary", for "reorganisation and preparation" Omar al-Waeli of Iraq's border authority, named

How many. An-Nahar names three — Shalamcheh in Basra, Sheeb in Maysan, Mandali in Diyala — and says the rest stayed open. The Jerusalem Post names Shalamcheh alone. Shargh, from the Iranian side, has Shalamcheh shut and Chazabeh reopened to Iraqi nationals hours later.

Not settled. Nobody has claimed the attack. The factions in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq deny it, and that denial reaches 1 of the 9 reports we hold. None of the nine quotes a named person from the factions or from Tehran; 4 quote a named Iraqi official. No report says whether anyone in Saudi Arabia was hurt. Baghdad says it accepted an Iranian request for a joint inquiry into launch pads on the border — carried by LBCI alone.

What this is about: someone launched drones from Iraq at Saudi Arabia's main oil pipeline, and Iraq's government is trying to show it can control its own territory and its border with Iran.

How it got here

  • 2003–2014. The US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. Since then Iraq has been governed by Shia-led coalitions with close ties to both Washington and Tehran.
  • 2014. Armed groups mobilised to fight the Islamic State. Many are backed by Iran. They became the Popular Mobilisation Forces, which Iraqi law made part of the state's forces in 2016. Several of those groups still answer to their own commanders.
  • Late 2023. After the Gaza war began, some of these groups started claiming attacks under the name "Islamic Resistance in Iraq".
  • February 2026. War broke out between Iran and the United States, An-Nahar reports. Since then Saudi Arabia has accused Iraqi factions of attacks on its territory.
  • Late July. US and Saudi strikes hit Popular Mobilisation headquarters across Iraq, killing at least 20 people, five of them Iranians, An-Nahar reports.
  • This month. We have reported fighting over shipping lanes in and around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.

Who is involved, and why

  • Saudi Arabia. Its east–west pipeline carries crude from the Gulf coast to the Red Sea. That route lets its oil avoid Hormuz. Riyadh has halted the pipeline and says it will not respond "at this stage" while Baghdad acts.
  • Iraq's government, under Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi. It is under US pressure to disarm the factions, and it needs good relations with Iran, its neighbour.
  • The factions. They deny the attack.
  • Iran. It shares the border and has asked for a joint inquiry. Pilgrims and trade cross that border every day.
  • The United States. President Trump has said Iran was "probably" behind the attack.

What is at stake. If Baghdad cannot stop launches from its soil, Saudi Arabia's restraint may end. That would pull Iraq further into a war it says it wants no part of. Closing the border cuts off trade and pilgrims, and Iraq cannot easily afford that.

Where it stands. Nobody has claimed the attack. Some crossings are shut, and Baghdad calls the closures temporary.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Why Iraq shut crossings with Iran — a hunt for the drone crews, or reorganisation
  • How many crossings closed, which ones, and when they reopened
  • The sacking of the Maysan operations commander and police chief, and the officer named to replace him
  • Who launched the drones, and who has answered for it
One closed gate, four reasonsSide by side
OutletWhat it saidSourced toHedged?
An-NaharThree crossings shut — Shalamcheh, Sheeb, Mandali — as part of an intelligence effort to track the culprits, stop them fleeing and block drone smugglingan Iraqi security source, not namedNo — stated
An-Nahar, same reportThe measures are temporary, for organisational and upgrading purposes; transit with Iran never stopped and two other crossings run around the clockIraq's border authority and its security media cellNo — stated
The Jerusalem PostShalamcheh alone ordered closed "as a precautionary measure after the drone attacks"two security sources, to ReutersYes — "precautionary"
LBCIThe Tayyib border area shut after drone launch sites were discoveredtwo Iraqi military sources, to ReutersNo — stated flat
SharghThe steps at a number of crossings with Iran are "temporary and with the aim of reorganisation and preparation"Omar al-Waeli of Iraq's border authority, namedNo — the official's own words
What each report gives as the cause, and who it is sourced to. Quoted wording is the report's own.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Saturday, hour by hour, as the reason changedTimeline
  1. Thu 10 Sep— no time published Saudi Arabia says drones struck the east–west oil pipeline, and says they came from Iraqas An-Nahar has it
  2. Fri 11 Sep— no time published Saudi Arabia halts the line carrying crude from the Eastern Province to the west coastas An-Nahar has it
  3. Sat 12 Sep01:43 published time on the report The Jerusalem Post carries the Maysan commander's dismissal, and Shalamcheh closed "as a precautionary measure" 1 crossing
  4. Sat 12 Sep04:45 published time on the report Asharq Al-Awsat carries the sacking with the Saudi target named
  5. Sat 12 Sep11:37 published time on the report An-Nahar names three crossings shut; a security source calls it a hunt for the culprits, the government calls it temporary 3 crossings
  6. Sat 12 Sep11:54 published time on the report Shargh says Chazabeh has reopened to Iraqi nationals and Khuzestan is telling travellers to stay away
  7. Sat 12 Sep12:01 published time on the report Shargh quotes a Khorramshahr deputy governor: Shalamcheh shut this morning, traffic stopped
  8. Sat 12 Sep12:25 published time on the report An-Nahar names Major General Ali Abdul Hussein Kadhim to the Maysan operations command
  9. Sat 12 Sep12:57 published time on the report LBCI says Baghdad accepted an Iranian request for a joint investigation into launch pads on the border
  10. Sat 12 Sep13:31 published time on the report Shargh carries Omar al-Waeli's statement that the steps are temporary and for reorganisation
  11. Sat 12 Sep13:52 published time on the report LBCI says the Tayyib area shut after drone launch sites were found, on two military sources
Times are those published on each report, in UTC. Events with no published time are marked.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الجيش العراقي: بغداد وافقت على طلب إيراني بالتحقيق المشترك في وجود منصات إطلاق طائرات مسيرة على الحدود بين البلدين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مرزهای بسته‌شده توسط عراق + ویدیو Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraqi Army Commander Sacked After Drone Attacks Targeted Saudi Arabia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُكلّف اللواء علي كاظم قائداً لعمليات ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Two reasons for the same closed gate

Unnamed Iraqi security and military sources give one reason — tracking those responsible, blocking drone smuggling, and a stretch of border where launch sites were found. The government gives another, in its own words: temporary, organisational, to raise readiness. One report carries only the second reason and never mentions a drone; two more report the closures with no cause at all.

4 reports giving the drones as the reason 1 reports giving only the organisational reason 2 reports naming no cause

Nobody claimed it; one side answers for it

Nobody has claimed the attack and the accused factions deny it, and that denial reaches one report of the nine. Four reports quote a named Iraqi official — the prime minister, a spokesman, a border chief, a deputy governor; none quotes a named person from the factions or from Iran. The only counted dead anywhere in this story are the twenty killed in July, five of them Iranian, in a background paragraph.

9 reports in the story 1 reports carrying the factions' denial 4 reports quoting a named Iraqi official 0 reports quoting a named person from the accused factions
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مرزهای بسته‌شده توسط عراق + ویدیو Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraqi Army Commander Sacked After Drone Attacks Targeted Saudi Arabia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُكلّف اللواء علي كاظم قائداً لعمليات ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الجيش العراقي: بغداد وافقت على طلب إيراني بالتحقيق المشترك في وجود منصات إطلاق طائرات مسيرة على الحدود بين البلدين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Iraq closed border crossings with Iran after the drone attack on Saudi Arabia.
An-Nahar names three — Shalamcheh, Sheeb and Mandali — citing an Iraqi security source and a government official; the Jerusalem Post reports Shalamcheh alone via two security sources, and Shargh reports from the Iranian side that Shalamcheh and Chazabeh shut.
Checked against 4 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مرزهای بسته‌شده توسط عراق + ویدیو Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed The closures were organisational and temporary, not a response to the attack.
Shargh and An-Nahar both carry Iraqi border authority chief Omar al-Waeli saying the steps are temporary and for reorganisation and upgrading. An-Nahar's own security source says in the same report that the closures are part of an intelligence effort to track the perpetrators and block drone smuggling, and LBCI cites two Iraqi military sources saying the Teeb area was shut after drone launch sites were found.
Checked against 3 sources:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Iraq's prime minister dismissed the Maysan operations commander and the province's police chief after establishing the attack was launched from the province.
An-Nahar reports the dismissals and, separately, the appointment of Major General Ali Abdul Hussein Kadhim to the operations command; the Jerusalem Post and Asharq Al-Awsat report the sacking independently.
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An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُكلّف اللواء علي كاظم قائداً لعمليات ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraqi Army Commander Sacked After Drone Attacks Targeted Saudi Arabia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries the Reuters line that puts the launch sites on Iraqi soil: two Iraqi military sources say the Tayyib border area with Iran was closed after drone launch sites were found.
What is attributed: launch sites carried to two unnamed military sources — “مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة”
Whose voice is quoted: two unnamed Iraqi military sources place the launch sites on Iraqi soil — “مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/breaking-news/957272/title/ar?src=rss&utm_…
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report with a named official on the border measures — Omar al-Waeli, calling them temporary and for reorganisation, with no mention of drones or of launch sites.
سیاست ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۰۱ عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است عمر الوائلی، در بیانیه‌ای اعلام کرد اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، رئیس سازمان گذرگاه‌های مرزی عراق تأکید کرد که اقدامات انجام‌شده برای ساماندهی فعالیت‌ها و افزایش آمادگی در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت است. به گزارش خبرگزاری رسمی عراق (واع)، عمر الوائلی، در بیانیه‌ای اعلام کرد اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است. وی افزود که این اقداما
Which measure was chosen: the border closure reframed as routine and temporary — “اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است”
What is left vague: the border closure is recast as routine organisation; the drones are not mentioned — “اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127498
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent الجيش العراقي: بغداد وافقت على طلب إيراني بالتحقيق المشترك في وجود منصات إطلاق طائرات مسيرة على الحدود بين البلدين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report we hold that says Baghdad agreed to an Iranian request for a joint investigation into launch pads on the shared border.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/957269/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُكلّف اللواء علي كاظم قائداً لعمليات ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Names the replacement — Major General Ali Abdul Hussein Kadhim to the Maysan operations command — and hangs the removals on "recent developments" without mentioning the attack at all.
كلّف رئيس مجلس الوزراء العراقي والقائد العام للقوات المسلحة علي فالح الزيدي، اليوم السبت، اللواء الركن علي عبد الحسين كاظم بمنصب قائد عمليات ميسان.وقال الناطق باسم القائد العام للقوات المسلحة صباح النعمان: إنّ الزيدي كلّف اللواء الركن علي عبد الحسين كاظم بالمنصب.وفي وقت سابق اليوم، وجّه الزيدي بإعفاء قائد شرطة محافظة ميسان من منصبه، ونقل مديري الأجهزة الأمنية في المحافظة إلى الإمرة، وإحالتهم إلى التحقيق.وتأتي هذه الإجراءات في إطار تغييرات أمنية في المحافظة، على خلفية التطورات الأخيرة.#
Cause left vague: the sackings and the new appointment are hung on "recent developments"; the attack is never mentioned — “وتأتي هذه الإجراءات في إطار تغييرات أمنية في المحافظة، على خلفية التطورات الأخيرة.”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/arab-world/arabian-levant/346707/العراق-يكلف-ال…
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The closure told from the Iranian side, by a Khorramshahr deputy governor: Shalamcheh shut this morning on Iraq's announcement and traffic stopped. The headline promises a temporary reopening for pilgrims; the text says
خوزستان ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۳۱ بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران معاون سیاسی فرمانداری ویژه خرمشهر دقایقی قبل اعلام کرد: صبح امروز بنا بر اعلام دولت عراق، مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه بسته شد و در پی آن امکان تردد از این مرز متوقف شد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، معاون سیاسی فرمانداری ویژه خرمشهر از بازگشایی موقت مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه برای تسهیل تردد زائران ایرانی و اتباع عراقی خبر داد. احمد سواری معاون سیاسی فرمانداری ویژه خرمشهر دقایقی قبل اظهار کرد: صبح امروز بنا بر اعلام دولت عراق، مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه بسته شد و در پی آن امکان تردد از این مرز متوقف شد. وی افزود: این وضعیت موجب
Headline claims what the body does not: the headline says a temporary reopening for pilgrims; the body says Iraq closed the crossing and traffic stopped — “صبح امروز بنا بر اعلام دولت عراق، مرز بین‌المللی شلمچه بسته شد و در پی آن امکان تردد از این مرز متوقف شد.”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127474
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مرزهای بسته‌شده توسط عراق + ویدیو Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
What it looked like to people waiting: Chazabeh reopened to Iraqi nationals, the Iraqi terminal towards Iran still shut, and Khuzestan province telling travellers and traders to stay away from Chazabeh and Shalamcheh
جامعه ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۲۴ آخرین وضعیت مرزهای بسته‌شده توسط عراق + ویدیو حجم ویدیو: 2.98M | مدت زمان : 11:15:57 به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، ساعتی پیش مرز چذابه برای اتباع عراقی بازگشایی شده اما هنوز خبری از بازگشایی پایانهٔ عراق به‌سمت ایران اعلام نشده است. با اعلام استانداری خوزستان مردم فعلا برای تردد در بخش تجاری و مسافری به مرزهای چذابه و شلمچه مراجعه نکنند. برای اطلاع از آخرین اخبار و تحلیل‌ها به کانال شرق در «تلگرام» بپیوندید. بازگشایی مرزهای ایران چذابه شلمچه مرزهای ایران لینک کوتاه --> کپی شد کدخبر: 1127472
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127472
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent العراق يُغلق ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران عقب إطلاق مسيّرات على السعودية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The fullest account: names all three crossings and their provinces, carries both reasons in one text — a security source calling it a manhunt, the government calling it organisational — and is the only report we hold
أغلقت السلطات العراقية ثلاثة معابر حدودية مع إيران، على خلفية هجوم بطائرات مسيّرة استهدف خط أنابيب النفط شرق – غرب في السعودية، وقالت الرياض وبغداد إنّ المسيّرات انطلقت من الأراضي العراقية.ولم تعلن أي جهة مسؤوليتها عن الهجوم، فيما نفت فصائل عراقية مسلحة مدعومة من إيران ضلوعها فيه. وكانت السعودية قد اتهمت هذه المجموعات بشنّ هجمات على أراضيها منذ اندلاع الحرب بين إيران والولايات المتحدة في شباط-فبراير.ثلاثة معابر قيد الإغلاقوأكّد مصدر أمني ومسؤول حكومي عراقيان لوكالة فرانس برس أنّ السلطات أمرت بإغلاق ثلاثة معابر هي الشلامجة في محافظة البصرة، والشيب في ميسان، ومندلي في محافظة ديالى، فيما بقيت بق
Names the gap, carries the denial: says outright that nobody claimed it, and gives the accused factions their denial in the same sentence — “ولم تعلن أي جهة مسؤوليتها عن الهجوم، فيما نفت فصائل عراقية مسلحة مدعومة من إيران ضلوعها فيه.”
Active voice and a toll: in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story — “وفي أواخر تموز-يوليو، استهدفت ضربات أميركية وسعودية مقرات للحشد الشعبي في مناطق مختلفة من العراق، أسفرت عن مقتل 20 شخصاً على الأقل، بينهم خمسة إيرانيين.”
The gap named, the denial carried: no claimant, and the accused factions are quoted denying it — “ولم تعلن أي جهة مسؤوليتها عن الهجوم، فيما نفت فصائل عراقية مسلحة مدعومة من إيران ضلوعها فيه.”
Two reasons in one report: a security source says the closure is a manhunt — “أنّ القرار يأتي في إطار جهد استخباراتي لتعقب الجناة ومنع هروبهم، وعرقلة تهريب الطائرات المسيّرة عبر هذه المعابر”
Earlier dead counted, none named: 20 killed including five Iranians, no names and no ages — “أسفرت عن مقتل 20 شخصاً على الأقل، بينهم خمسة إيرانيين”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/arab-world/arabian-levant/346693/العراق-يغلق-ثل…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraqi Army Commander Sacked After Drone Attacks Targeted Saudi Arabia Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Names the Saudi target in the same breath as the sacking, from the Saudi side. We hold the headline only.
The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced on Saturday the dismissal of the commander in charge of the southern Maysan province after Saudi Arabia said drones launched from Iraq hit the East-West pipeline and led to its closure. The commander was fired following the "confirmation that the attacks targeting our brethren in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia originated from a location within the governorate,” said al-Zaidi’s office. The Saudi Foreign Ministry condemned "the targeting of the East-West pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions by several drones coming from Iraq, which cau
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317359
The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Puts the closure of Shalamcheh — one crossing, not three — as "a precautionary measure", on two security sources speaking to Reuters, and is the earliest report we hold.
Later on Saturday, Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran as a precautionary measure after the drone attacks, two security sources told Reuters.
Hedge in the measure chosen: precautionary, attributed to two security sources — “Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran as a precautionary measure after the drone attacks, two security sources told Reuters.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-908400
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Haaretz
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Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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