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Baquba The people of Al-Khalis district in Diyala Governorate, this morning, buried the martyrs of the terrorist attack that targeted the village of Albu Bali , north of Baquba, last night, and resulted in the death and injury of a number of civilians.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, offered condolences to the families of the martyrs in the attack on the Riyadh district in Kirkuk and the village of Albu Bali in Diyala.
Al-Mandalawi said in a statement: “We offer our sincere sympathy and solace to the families of the martyrs in the attack on the Riyadh district in Kirkuk, as well as the village of Albu Bali in Diyala, and we pray for the wounded to recover.”
Al-Mandalawi called on the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to quickly confront and clear these areas from the remnants of the terrorist ISIS, pursue them, and inflict fair retribution on everyone who intend to harm the citizens.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Najaf The Najaf Police Command announced the arrest of six drug dealers in a northern neighborhood, and a murderer hours after he committed the crime.
The police command indicated in a statement that “a force from anti- organized crime and a force from (SWAT) raided a den in Al-Nida neighborhood in the north of the governorate for drug dealers, arrested 6 of them and confiscated an amount of crystal, drug tools and various weapons.”
It explained that a suspect was arrested who killed a citizen in the province after a quarrel occurred near Crete Mall in the north of the province, indicating that after collecting information and investigating the whereabouts of the suspect, he was arrested three hours after committing the crime ..
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad -A security delegation arrived in Diyala this morning, headed by the Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, and the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Qais Al-Muhammadawi, to find out the causes of the Diyala incident.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Kirkuk The Governor of Kirkuk, Rakan Saeed Al-Jubouri, Head of the Supreme Security Committee, attended the funeral procession for a number of the Federal Police who were martyred within the borders of Riyadh district.
The funeral took place from Kirkuk Airport and was attended by Major General Jabbar Naima Al-Taie, Commander of the Joint Operations Headquarters in Kirkuk, and Major General Fakher Dair Al-Bahadli, Commander of the 3rd Division of the Federal Police.
The Governor of Kirkuk expressed his condolences to the families of the martyrs and the security leaders, calling for an emergency meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security.
He called for the reinforcement, support and deployment of military units within the administrative borders of Kirkuk, and for sending military reinforcements to them.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baquba A security source announced that a young man and a girl were killed in Muqdadiya district in Diyala Governorate, for unknown reasons.
He told the reporter of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that a person shot a young man and a girl while they were in a field for breeding calves in the village of Al-Naseem on the outskirts of Muqdadiya, northeast of Baquba, killing them both.
He added that the two bodies were taken to the forensic medicine department, while the security services opened an investigation to uncover the motives of the crime.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, received, this morning, Wednesday, the Commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Korella, and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they discussed aspects of military cooperation and coordination between Iraq and the United States.
Al-Sudani stressed the importance of continuing joint work, especially in the field of advising and training the Iraqi forces, which are engaged in the confrontation against terrorism effectively and professionally.
He pointed out that the Iraqi forces are determined to continue working to stabilize stability and preserve the successes achieved in the war on terrorism.
The meeting was attended by the Commander of the international coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, General Matthew MacFarlane, as well as the US Ambassador to Iraq, Elena Romanowsky.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The US Department of Defense (The Pentagon) announced that it has fully resumed its operations against the “ISIS” organization in Syria with the “Syrian Democratic Forces”.
“With these local partners, we focused on preventing the reconstitution of ISIS,” said Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder at a news conference.
He added, “Operations resumed last week, on December 9.”
The American patrols were reduced last month, as the “Syrian Democratic Forces” suspended their patrols, objecting to strikes by Turkey and the possibility of it launching a ground operation.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The Military Intelligence Directorate arrested 3 terrorists and 28 suspects in various cases in five governorates.
The Directorate stated in a statement: It is based on accurate intelligence information of the department and people (intelligence and security) of the Diyala Operations Command and the Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Divisions, and in cooperation with intelligence and a force from the brigades of those commands, and the Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Divisions of Al-Qaim and Amriyat al-Fallujah, tight ambushes were set up in the regions of the provinces (Baghdad, Anbar, Kirkuk, Diyala, and Nineveh), which resulted in the arrest of (3) terrorists wanted by the judiciary in accordance with the provisions of Article (4 of terrorism) in Al-Qaim, Hawija, and Amiriyat al-Fallujah, and (28) accused of various cases in separate areas of those provinces.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The Chief of Staff of the Army, General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, met, on Tuesday evening, the Commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Korella, the US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski, the Commander of the Coalition Forces, and the Director of the Security Cooperation Office in Iraq.
A statement by the Ministry of Defense stated: The two sides discussed aspects of cooperation and coordination at the level of training and arming in order to develop the capabilities of the Iraqi army.
For his part, the Commander of the Central Command stressed that the coalition forces will continue to support partnership and coordination in order to eliminate terrorist gangs and develop the capabilities of the Iraqi armed forces.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The Iraqi Journalists Syndicate held a dialogue session, today on the occasion of the 16-day global campaign to combat violence against women, under the slogan (No to violence against women), in cooperation with the Department of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, in the presence of the Secretary of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
The session was moderated by the Director of Relations and Information at the Ministry of Culture, Dr. Zahra Al-Jubouri, who indicated that the United Nations has approved many laws that support women to raise global awareness, due to the brutal violence against them and its elimination in all countries of the world.
She added that the International Day of Violence against Women was designed to draw attention to violence that leads to social and economic crises.
She emphasized that Iraqi women stand at the forefront of women in the world in terms of their leadership and struggle qualities in various fields.
During the session, an exhibition of photographs by Karim Al-Aboudi was held, which included scenes of Iraqi women struggling in various fields.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Manama, Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed bin Salman Al Musallam congratulated the Minister of Interior General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, marking Bahrain Police Day, which falls on December 14, and the 103rd anniversary of its establishment.
He paid tribute to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his royal care, hailing the support of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister..
He saluted the Bahrain police, hailing its crucial role in maintaining national security and public order and defending the country’s capabilities and achievements
He commended the minister’s leadership and role in drawing up modern security strategies, commending the dedicated efforts and readiness of all servicemen to maintain national stability and protect achievements.
Source: Bahrain News Agency