The story: "[Joe] Biden, if you don’t help me, I will jump off the roof." With these sarcastic words, emerging YouTube and Tiktok star Ali Adil on July 15 appealed to the US president for help with leaving Iraq amid deteriorating services and security conditions. The clip has since gone viral on social media, garnering reactions from both Iraqi and US officials.

The coverage: The hashtag #Biden_Please_Help _Me in Arabic spread like wildfire on Iraqi social media...