Latest Updates on Iraq, 2 January 2020

1- Sheikh “Qais Al-Khazali”, Secretary General of Asaeb Ahl al-Haq, in an interview with Al-Ahd Network, expressed his regret for the delay in responding to the assassination of the martyrs Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes and stated that Iraq’s response was supposed to be stronger than Iran’s.

2- Discovery of a naval mine on a ship near the waters of Iraq.

3- Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq invited the people of this country to participate in the demonstrations on January 3, 2021.

4- “Mohammad Al-Tamimi”, one of the commanders of Al-Hashdal Shaabi in Iraq: With intelligence efforts, an ISIS network in the northeast of Diyala was naturalized and 2 people have been arrested in this regard.

5- “Hadi Al-Amiri”, the head of the Badr Organization of Iraq: The path of the martyrs is mixed with blood and the resistance forces will never retreat from this path.

6- Around 3 pm yesterday (Iranian time) a Turkish Army “Birqdar 2” UAV was observed in the skies of Sulaimaniyah province.

7- “Abu Fadak Al-Muhammadavi”, the deputy head of the Iraqi Hashad al-Shaabi organization, met with a number of families of the martyrs of last year’s US attack on one of the Hashad al-Shaabi bases in Al-Qaim.

8- The presence of “Iraj Masjidi”, the ambassador of Iran in Iraq, at the tomb of Martyr Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes in Najaf.

9- The Ashab Al-Kahf Resistance Group sent a message to the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces urging them not to accompany the American convoys and to keep a safe distance with these convoys.

10- The presence of the head and vice-president of the Iraqi Hashad al-Shaabi organization at the tomb of General Haj Qassem Soleimani on the first anniversary of his martyrdom.

11- Iraq prepares for tomorrow’s demonstrations in Baghdad on the anniversary of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes.
Residents in other Iraqi provinces reportedly traveled to Baghdad by bus in large numbers.

12- The director of Hashad al-Shaabi media reported the existence of a list of 40 people accused of assassinating resistance commanders and the announcement of the results of the investigation by the Iraqi judiciary in the coming days, as well as internal and external pressures on the investigation into this crime.

13- Iraq surpassed Saudi Arabia in daily exports of 123,000 barrels of oil to the United States.

14- Seyyed Ammar Hakim: The martyrdom of the resistance commanders still hurts hearts.

15- Two security forces of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region were wounded in a bomb blast in Seyed Sadegh, Sulaimaniyah province. The bomb planted under the ISIS flag is said to have belonged to the terrorist group.