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Al-Araji: There will be a return of gratitude to the international coalition countries that provided to Iraq
National Security Advisor Qasim Al-Araji said on Saturday that the federal government will conclude bilateral security agreements with the countries of the international coalition forces led by the United States of America as a response to what they provided to Iraq in the war against I--S, and there will be no rift with them if they withdraw from the country. .
Al-Araji’s statements came during a dialogue session on the sidelines of the sixth Baghdad International Conference, which began this morning.
Al-Araji said in his statements that d---s have become the first danger in Iraq. I--S is present in some remote places such as mountains and caves, and the security and intelligence services have accurate information about this presence, and are targeting the organization’s leaders.
Regarding the statistics that some reports indicate that there are 5-6 thousand members of the organization in Syria and Iraq, Al-Araji said: This number is exaggerated.
He added that in 2014, we were required to bring friendly forces to help us confront I--S, and from 2014 to 2024 our forces developed a lot and have experience in confronting organizations, and therefore the government formed from all sectors decided to re-evaluate the presence of these forces.
Al-Araji went on to say that there will be a return of the favor in the form of concluding bilateral security agreements with the countries of the international coalition, and these countries welcome this matter and there is no objection on their part.
The National Security Advisor also confirmed that the NATO coalition is in Iraq for consultation, and they are not combat forces, and international cover is there. We have not severed relations with the international coalition, and there are negotiations with them, and the Iraqi government is awaiting the results of the committees. link
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The Iraqi governorates that decided to suspend working hours next Monday
A number of Iraqi governorates decided to suspend official working hours next Monday (February 26, 2024).
The governorates of (Karbala, Muthanna, Babil, Wasit, Maysan, Basra and Dhi Qar) announced, until preparing the news, the suspension of official working hours next Monday, on the occasion of the Shaabani visit.
The holiday excluded security, service and health departments in the aforementioned governorates. link
CandyKisses:
A thousand cards and 250 million dinars. Qi Card counts its participation in the book fair
Economy News – Baghdad
The International Smart Card Company (K-Card) revealed on Friday the results of its participation in the Iraq International Book Fair.
The director of the awareness department in the company, Muhammad Ali Saeed, on the sidelines of his participation in one of the sessions of the Iraq International Book Fair, and attended by the correspondent of “Economy News”, that “the global company for smart card (Key Card) issued during the exhibition more than a thousand electronic payment cards”, noting that “the purchase movements through the cards exceeded the 1500 movements.”
He added that “the value of the amounts paid through these cards ranges between 30 or 40 million dinars,” noting that “the value of the amounts that visitors loaded their card with exceeded the barrier of 250 million dinars.”
Ali stressed “the need for integration between citizens’ electronic accounts and their bank accounts because this would facilitate many banking operations inside and outside Iraq
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Seizure of a-----d of bribery, m----------n and waste of 426 million dinars in Dhi Qar
Economy News – Baghdad
The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Friday the seizure of those a-----d of bribery and m----------n, while revealing that it had monitored waste worth more than four hundred million dinars, and the seizure of expired medical materials in Dhi Qar.
The Authority’s Information and Government Communication Office said in a statement, seen by “Economy News”, that “the staff of the Dhi Qar Investigation Office, which moved to the Real Estate Registration Directorate in Nasiriyah, c----t one of the directorate’s surveyors red-handed receiving bribes with the flagrante delicto, indicating that the seizure process was carried out in accordance with the provisions of Resolution (160 of 1983), after the a-----d received the bribe amount in exchange for completing a transaction in violation of the law.”
The statement added that “the staff of the Commission monitored the monitoring of an a-----d who buys receipts for the transactions of allocating land plots and official documents (national card – housing card – civil status identity) from citizens for the purpose of allocating and selling them to other people in exchange for sums of money, in order to obtain plots of land in the names of other people, noting the arrest of the a-----d after a tight ambush by the staff of the Commission’s investigation office.”
He explained that “the Dhi Qar Reconstruction Fund caused a waste of public money as a result of the failure to take legal measures against a general contracting company to which the project to deliver electricity to a group of villages in the Dawaya district was referred to an amount of (2,335,309,000) two billion dinars, despite exceeding the contractual period for the completion of the project.”
He pointed out that “the report of the External Audit Division stated that the Fund did not collect the amount of the delay fine imposed on the company under the terms of the contract, which totaled (426,193,710) million dinars.”
He continued, “The field emergency team in the office noticed during an inspection tour at Nasiriyah Teaching Hospital the presence of expired diabetic examination strips,” pointing out that “the hospital administration allowed the use of these chips in the examination of patients in the hospital despite that.
Source: Dinar Recaps
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CandyKisses:
Revealing the most prominent points of contention over the oil law
Information / Baghdad.
The parliamentary oil, gas and natural resources committee revealed on Saturday seven points of contention between the region and the center in the draft oil and gas law.
Committee member Ali Al-Mashkour told Al-Maalouma that “the oil and gas law faces 7 controversial points, most notably the region’s demand for the right to veto decisions from the Oil Council, and this matter cannot be accepted.”
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He added that “there is a real intention in Baghdad to clear the differences between the region and the center on the points of contention over the oil and gas law,” and pointed out that “the other point of contention is the marketing mechanism and whether It is done through SUMO or through the region, as well as financial revenues.”
Tishwash:
US Troops to Stay in Syria and Iraq but Perhaps Not for Long
In recent weeks, there have been meetings in Washington and in Baghdad about the presence in Iraq and Syria of US troops, whose official mandate is to aid local forces against remnants of the so-called Islamic State (IS).
These meetings come following the post-October 7 surge of attacks on US forces in the region by Iran-backed Shia militias seeking to take advantage of the Israel-Hamas war and Arab public anger over unconditional US support for Israel. The Biden administration does not want to be seen as “cutting and running,” as that would show these militias and their patron in Tehran that they can drive the United States out of the Middle East. The strong US military response earlier in February following a January 28 Iraqi militia drone strike k----d three American servicemembers at a US base in Jordan has temporarily stopped such attacks. But the ongoing discussions in the US and Iraqi capitals suggest that Washington may be planning for an eventual withdrawal.
Since 2013 the United States has partnered with the Syrian Kurds to combat IS in the northeastern part of the country. US military commanders found that these Kurds, mostly associated with the People’s Protection Units (YPG), were experienced fighters willing to s-------e to rid their area of the IS presence. The fact that these Kurds incurred more than 10,000 casualties in the counter-IS campaign earned them the respect of the US military. Given that large parts of northeastern Syria are inhabited by Arab Sunni tribes, however, the United States worked with the Syrian Kurds to bring ethnic Arabs into their militia force, thereby creating the Syrian D--------c Forces (SDF).
This force is the main protector of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), formerly called Rojava, which means “west” in the Syrian Kurdish dialect and refers to what Syrian Kurds see as the western part of traditional Kurdistan.
Turkish incursion further south into Syria.
But Reassessing Syria Policy
Unbeknownst to Syrian Kurds at the time, on January 18, 2024, the National Security Council held an Interagency Policy Council meeting about the future of the US troop presence in northeastern Syria. At the working-level meeting, which was held at the behest of the Department of Defense, the Pentagon reportedly floated the idea that the Syrian Kurds should partner with the Syrian regime in its fight against IS. Although no decision was made, a follow-on senior level meeting is supposed to take place soon. That the January 18 meeting happened at all indicates that elements in the US government are looking for ways to remove US forces from Syria.
When apprised of the meeting by a reporter, SDF commander Mazlum Abdi said he was “stunned and unable to fathom the reasoning behind this rotten plan.” He emphasized that IS controls swaths of territory to the west of the Euphrates River on the “regime side” and maintains a presence on the road to Damascus. Kobane added that the Syrian regime refuses “any meaningful dialogue” and opposes a “d--------c future of Syria.”
He also said that Syrian government forces are incapable of defending the territories under its control against IS, “let alone ours.” Indeed, one American think tank expert said he had been approached by several US officials to ring the “alarm bells” about a potential US withdrawal from Syria because it is “not being properly thought through.”
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However, it is unlikely that the Biden administration would support a removal of US troops from northeastern Syria before the November presidential e------n, since the optics of the United States abandoning the Syrian Kurds could have shades of the disastrous 2021 American withdrawal from Afghanistan. But it is possible that Biden could remove troops after the e------n. If Trump were to return to the presidency, such a withdrawal Is almost certain.
Why the Biden administration may want to remove troops from Syria is speculation at this point but may be tied to several factors. One factor may be simply that US troops and bases have become convenient targets for pro-Iran militias, and the specter of a wider war between the United States and Iran makes their presence even more risky.
Second, the Biden administration may be inclined to curry favor with Turkey, with a US withdrawal from Syria perhaps serving as a quid pro quo for Ankara’s recent decision to agree to admit Sweden to NATO.
Third, the Biden administration believes the Assad regime is likely to remain in power for the foreseeable future and thus, if an indefinite US military presence in Syria is not in the cards, that the Syrian Kurds need to reach some type of accommodation with the regime. In other words, a Syrian Kurdish rapprochement with Damascus may be the least unpalatable option for the Kurds. Turkey, Iran, and Russia, which all have forces in Syria, oppose Syrian Kurdish autonomy. While the Assad regime is not in favor of autonomy either, such thinking goes, it may not be in a strong enough position to take on the SDF militarily and thus may reach an accommodation with it.
States. For all these reasons, there have been no militia attacks on US military personnel or bases in Iraq and Syria since February 4, though the SDF claimed that a pro-Iranian militia force hit one of its bases in Syria on February 5, k-----g six Kurds.
Indefinitely, but it must conduct any withdrawal judiciously. Whether it likes it or not, the United States has a moral obligation to the Syrian Kurds, to whom it owes much in the fight against IS. Saying that they should simply make an accommodation with the Assad regime is inadequate and irresponsible.
Washington should also make clear to the Turkish government that a US withdrawal should not be a signal for Ankara to move further south and destroy the AANES entity. In Iraq, US and Iraqi officials should come to a realistic understanding of when the Iraqi military will no longer need US training to take on IS cells without US support. In other words, military capabilities should be the driving force behind any withdrawal decision, though politics will almost assuredly intervene.
(Arab Center Washington)
Disclaimer: the views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the official standpoint of Shafaq News Agency. link
Source: Dinar Recaps
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