Day: March 24, 2023

Today, Friday, the United Nations Development Program in Iraq announced extensive programs in partnership with the Supreme Judicial Council, including programs aim at combating corruption, money laundering, and investigating financial crimes, while affirming its continued efforts to improve the status of Iraqi women in various sectors.

“The United Nations General Assembly approved on April 28, 2021, its decision to celebrate the role of female judges in various parts of the world,” said Roman Schweiger, Director of the Rule of Law Department at the United Nations Development Programme, to the official agency INA, noting that “member states called for celebrating the tenth of March to show support and improve the status of female judges in the judiciary and various agencies.

Schweiger confirmed, “The relationship with the Supreme Judicial Council and the Association of Iraqi Women Judges is excellent,” noting that “the UNDP’s efforts are continuing to improve the status of women in various sectors of the state and society.”

She added, “The joint work that brings us together with the Supreme Judicial Council and Judge Faiq Zaidan is very broad, not only for training programs or various topics of interest to the judiciary and the judges’ staff, but also programs to combat corruption, money laundering, and the investigation of financial crimes and related matters,” noting that “there are extensive programs of the United Nations Development Program in its partnership with the Supreme Judiciary.

She added, “There are unremitting efforts being made by the Supreme Judicial Council and all its cadres to face many challenges, with the aim of achieving justice and promoting economic growth.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, made a series of visits today Friday, to the Indian (BEL) facilities specialized in military and technological industries, and industries related to air defenses, radar systems, and systems related to cybersecurity.

Al-Araji held a meeting with the head of the (BEL) institution in the Indian city of Ghaziabad, during which they reviewed the nature of the industries produced by this institution, and he reviewed them in field and in a detailed manner.

The Indian side announced its readiness to support Iraq and open production lines for military and technological industries, radar systems and cybersecurity, in coordination with Iraqi industrial institutions.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Iraqi Air Force launched air strikes on ISIS hideouts in the Hamrin mountain range, killing a number of ISIS terrorists and destroying those hideouts.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Strategic Communications Coordinator at the White House, John Kirby said that US President Joe Biden made his decision to strike the Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces in Syria, within a very short period of time.

“He (Biden) had discussions with the national security team, received recommendations from senior officials in the Department of Defense and the intelligence about response possibilities, and the president made the decision very quickly to authorize strikes against these specific targets,” Kirby told CNN.

Earlier, the Pentagon announced that on Thursday, US forces launched a series of air strikes on targets in Syria that may be linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

The Pentagon said in a statement that, earlier on the same day, Thursday, an American contractor was killed and five members of the US military were injured, in addition to another contractor, after a drone targeted a maintenance facility at a base of the international coalition near Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria.

The statement added that the drone was, according to the intelligence assessment, “of Iranian origin.”

The statement quoted US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as saying: “At the direction of President Joe Biden, the US Central Command authorized the launch of precision air strikes this evening in eastern Syria on sites used by groups associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”

He continued: “The air strikes came in response to today’s attack, as well as a series of recent attacks against the coalition forces in Syria by groups linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency