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The Jerusalem Post says Iraqi militias "desecrate" the US flag; Iraq's prime minister orders an inquiry into an "infringement" and names no one

A US flag was laid on the road at a Sovereignty Day parade in Baghdad. The Jerusalem Post blames the militias. Iraq's government condemns the act and opens an inquiry, but does not say who did it.

Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview
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What happened. On 30 September, Iraq marked Sovereignty Day in Baghdad. At least one parade included something done to a US flag. The Jerusalem Post calls it trampling. Iraq's government calls it an "infringement".

Who acted. The two sides do not agree.

The Jerusalem Post An-Nahar, carrying the Iraqi government
What happened militias "desecrate" the flag an "infringement on the US flag"
Who did it militias; its photo caption names the Popular Mobilization Forces "the violators", with no unit named
Evidence shown a screenshot from X a statement from the prime minister's military spokesman
"Sovereignty" put in quotation marks the name of the day, with no quotation marks

What Baghdad did. An-Nahar reports that Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi set up an inquiry. His spokesman, Sabah al-Numan, said al-Zaidi condemned the act and ordered legal action against "the violators".

What the Post argues. The Jerusalem Post says the US military has fully withdrawn. It says Iranian-backed militias "retain power" and are determined to keep their weapons.

Not settled - Which unit drove over the flag. Only a photo caption names one, and it relies on a screenshot. - What the inquiry will find, and when. - Whether the US withdrawal is complete. Only The Jerusalem Post says so. We hold no Iraqi or US account of it. - What the militias say. None of our three reports quotes them.

What this is about: whether Iraq's government or the armed groups aligned with Iran decide what happens on Iraq's streets, now that US troops have left.

How it got here. In 2003 a US-led coalition invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein. US combat forces left at the end of 2011. They came back in 2014, at Baghdad's invitation, after the Islamic State group seized Mosul and much of the north and west. That same year, Iraq's leading Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on Iraqis to take up arms. Tens of thousands joined volunteer units, which became the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). In 2016 Iraq's parliament made the PMF part of the state's security forces. Several of its largest factions are close to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and answer to their own commanders as much as to the prime minister. After 2020, some of those factions attacked US bases in Iraq, and the United States struck back. In 2024 Baghdad and Washington agreed to wind down the US-led coalition mission in stages.

The actors. - Iraq's government, led by Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, who is also commander-in-chief. It wants to show that the state is in charge. - The PMF and the Iran-aligned factions inside it. They are legally state forces and politically their own. - The United States, which has kept its embassy and its interests in Iraq. - Iran, the factions' main foreign backer.

What is at stake. If the government can investigate and punish an armed group over a public act, that shows the state is in control. If it cannot, it shows the armed groups still set the limits, with no US troops left as a counterweight.

Where it stands. Iraq marked Sovereignty Day on 30 September. The prime minister has ordered an inquiry into what was done to the US flag. He has named no one, and we hold no reply from the factions.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who drove over the US flag at the Baghdad parade
  • Desecration or "infringement": two words for one act
  • Whether Iraq's government can hold armed factions to account
  • Iran-backed militias keeping their weapons after the US withdrawal
One act, two accountsSide by side
OutletWord for the actWho is named as actingSource of the account
The Jerusalem Post (analysis)"desecrate"; "trampling"militias; the caption names the Popular Mobilization Forcesa screenshot from X
The Jerusalem Post (interview)not described"Iranian-backed militias retaining power"an interview
An-Nahar"infringement" (التجاوز)no one; only "the violators"a statement by the prime minister's military spokesman
Quotes from the reports. An-Nahar's wording is translated from Arabic.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the parade to the inquiryTimeline
  1. 2026-09-30— no time published Iraq Sovereignty Day is marked in Baghdad with parades. The Jerusalem Post's Reuters photograph shows the day's stage.The Jerusalem Post
  2. 2026-10-0412:18 UTC An-Nahar publication time PM Ali Falih al-Zaidi, through spokesman Sabah al-Numan Orders an inquiry into the "infringement on the US flag" and condemns itAn-Nahar
  3. 2026-10-0413:18 UTC The Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post "Iraq militias desecrate US flag"The Jerusalem Post
  4. 2026-10-0415:27 UTC The Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post Says militias are determined to keep their arms after the US withdrawalThe Jerusalem Post
The times are when each report was published, not when the events happened.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 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 Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Desecration or infringement

Two reports name Iran-backed militias and frame the act as desecration. One carries the Iraqi prime minister's condemnation and inquiry but names no one, calling it an 'infringement'. No report quotes the militias themselves.

2 reports naming the militias 1 reports naming no actor 0 reports quoting the militias
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi ordered an inquiry into how the US flag was treated at a Sovereignty Day parade.
Only An-Nahar carries this, from a statement by his military spokesman Sabah al-Numan. None of the other reports we hold mentions the order.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces trampled the US flag during the Sovereignty Day parade.
The Jerusalem Post names the Popular Mobilization Forces, based on a screenshot from X. An-Nahar confirms that something was done to the flag during a parade but does not say who did it.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The US military has completed its withdrawal from Iraq.
Both reports that say this come from The Jerusalem Post. We hold no Iraqi or US account of the withdrawal.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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 →

Who wrote it

D Danielle Greyman-Kennard The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Claim carried unanswered The accusation that the protesters were armed from abroad is quoted in full. No evidence either way sits beside it in the text.×1
Claim framed as claim The headline calls the arming allegation Pezeshkian's 'claims'. It sets bereaved Iranians against him as the reply.×1
Dating and attribution same figure, different date×1
Headline claim the text does not carry a forecast is hung on an unnamed expert and no body text is held×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed2 unverified
From 138 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Seth J. Frantzman The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group.×1
Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice×1
Asserted vs attributed Washington's motive is stated by the writer, hedged only by 'seems', with no US official quoted×1
Asserted vs attributed Baghdad's request for the US to return is stated as fact, with no source.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed8 unverified2 true
From 119 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 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
Says the US military has completed its withdrawal. Says Iranian-backed militias "retain power" and are determined to keep their weapons.
The United States' planned withdrawal from Iraq on Wednesday has been celebrated by Iraqi militias as an “incomplete victory,” emboldening them to continue to resist disarmament beyond the previous deadline, with the extension likely to be pushed back again, Dr. Ronen Zeidel, an Iraq specialist at the Moshe Dayan Center, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.With US forces fully withdrawn and Turkey expected to leave the strategic Bashiqa-Zilkan military base in northern Iraq by the end of 2026, Baghdad has projected a celebratory sense of “sovereignty” despite Iranian and Houthi military elements
Scare quotes: 'sovereignty' is put in quotation marks and set against militia power — “Baghdad projects a celebratory sense of “sovereignty” despite Iranian-backed militias retaining power there.”
Scare quotes: puts 'sovereignty' in quotation marks against the militias' power — “Baghdad projects a celebratory sense of “sovereignty” despite Iranian-backed militias retaining power there.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910542
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 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
Names militias as acting and calls the act desecration. Its photo caption names the Popular Mobilization Forces, from a screenshot taken from X. It says trampling the flag "is not new".
Days after US forces left Iraq, photos circulated on social media, showing Iranian-backed militias driving over an American flag during an event in Iraq.The militias have long been connected to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They have carried out hundreds of attacks on US forces over the past decade.“The PMF, an official division of the Iraqi government's security services, is seen desecrating the US flag out of disrespect and praising the murderous regime in Iran,” US Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) wrote Sunday on X/Twitter.“If you needed any more proof that Iraq is an Iranian
Who is named as acting: militias are named as acting, and 'desecrate' is stated flat in the headline — “Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny”
Scare quotes: Iraq's own word is put in quotation marks — “Iraq is talking about “sovereignty.””
Actor named: names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice — “Iraq militias desecrate US flag”
Sourcing: the only image of the act is a social-media screenshot — “photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X”
Scare quotes: puts Iraq's own word for the day in quotation marks — “Iraq is talking about “sovereignty.””
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910524
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report carrying the Iraqi government's response: an inquiry, a condemnation, and legal action against "the violators", announced by al-Zaidi's spokesman Sabah al-Numan. No unit is named.
.اشترك في نشرتنا الإخبارية لتحصل على أهم و أبرز أخبار اليوم أمر رئيس الوزراء العراقي والقائد العام للقوات المسلحة العراقية علي فالح الزيدي، اليوم الأحد، بتشكيل لجنة تحقيقية للوقوف على ملابسات التجاوز على علم الولايات المتحدة الأميركية، الذي رافق أحد الاستعراضات خلال فعاليات "يوم السيادة". وقال الناطق باسم القائد العام للقوات المسلحة صباح النعمان، في بيان، إن الزيدي أدان الفعل، مؤكداً ضرورة الالتزام بالقوانين والأعراف الدبلوماسية. ووجّه الزيدي باتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية اللازمة بحق المتجاوزين، وإنجاز التحقيق ورفع نتائجه في أسرع وقت ممكن. كانت عائلتها توثّق تفاصيل حياتها اليومية، من اللعب وحضور
Which word: 'infringement' on the flag, with no actor named — “للوقوف على ملابسات التجاوز على علم الولايات المتحدة الأميركية”
Who is named as acting: the perpetrators are only 'the violators', and their unit is never named — “باتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية اللازمة بحق المتجاوزين”
No actor named: the government calls it an 'infringement' that 'accompanied' a parade; it names no one — “ملابسات التجاوز على علم الولايات المتحدة الأميركية، الذي رافق أحد الاستعراضات”
Voice quoted: carries the prime minister's condemnation through his spokesman — “إن الزيدي أدان الفعل”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/arab-world/354001/الزيدي-يأمر-بالتحقيق-في-التجا…
Checked, didn’t cover
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
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 15024 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 2683 articles we hold · quote attached 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 1168 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 10196 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 4954 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 No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 →
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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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