Judicial

Kut, Detachments of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Department in Wasit Police arrested an accused of drug trafficking and abuse in Kut, the provincial center.A source in the Wasit police told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA): "The suspect was seized with an amount estimated at two and a half kilograms of narcotic crystal and half a kilogram of triac, and he was referred to the judiciary."Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad, The National Security Service announced the arrest of (32) suspects of terrorism in five governorates.A statement of the Service stated that: "With a continuous intelligence effort and as part of its duties in pursuing the remnants of the terrorist ISIS elements, the National Security Service carried out a series of successful qualitative operations during which it managed to arrest (32) accused of terrorism, including prominent members of ISIS gangs who were active in the governorates of ( Anbar, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Diyala, and Baghdad), after setting up court ambushes and executing judicial arrest warrants that led to the overthrow of the accused.”Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ishikane Kimihiro (Japan):The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan on 11 January, which was claimed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan Province (ISIL-K), also known as Da’esh, and resulted in at least five people killed and dozens wounded.The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims, and they wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security i...

Baghdad, The head of the Federal Integrity Commission, Haider Hanoun, and the French ambassador, Eric Chevalier, discussed strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the field of combating corruption and recovering the proceeds of corruption smuggled abroad.Hanoun stressed, according to a statement by the Commission, the importance of legal assistance between countries in the field of combating corruption and recovering smuggled assets, which comes in line with the contents of Chapter Four of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, including assistance in the field of prevention, investigation, prosecution of perpetrators, transfer of judgments of persons and criminal procedures, and cooperation in field of law enforcement.He explained the commission's need to benefit...

Kirkuk, The Department of Computer Engineering Technologies at the Northern Technical University, in cooperation with media and government communication, held a forum on cybersecurity - risks and threats and the role of the university in finding solutions for the first time in the province after the establishment of the Department of Cybersecurity Engineering.During the forum, lectures, interventions, and information were presented on practices and technologies that aim to protect electronic devices, networks, computer systems, and data from being exposed to any kind of malicious attacks, as well as an explanation of types of cybersecurity, which includes network security, applications, data, and operational security.The Governor of Kirkuk, Rakan al-Jubouri, stressed the priority and impor...

Baghdad, The Director General of the General Directorate of Security and Discipline in the Popular Mobilization Forces, Lieutenant General Hussein Faleh Al-Lami, announced a major operation carried out by the Popular Mobilization against ISIS terrorist groups in Salah al-Din and Diyala, which resulted in the seizure of 70 % of terrorist stores in the region.Al-Lami confirmed, according to the media of the PMF, that this major qualitative operation, which lasted for days, resulted in the destruction of the military structures of terrorist groups in Salah al-Din Governorate, where 68 stores were found, and 16 stores in Diyala. Source: National Iraqi News Agency