Latest Updates on Iraq, 23 December 2020

– Former Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has resigned from the Dawa Party.

– Muqtada al-Sadr supported Hashad al-Shaabi’s recent actions in arresting some of Saraya al-Khorasani forces.

– Mustafa al-Kadhimi, prime minister of Iraq, led a delegation to Turkey and met with Erdogan.

– Turkey continues to bombard northern Iraq just one day after Kadhimi’s visit.
Turkey released images of its commandos in the Khakuark district, north east of Iraq.

– The 31st Hashad al-Shaabi Brigade thwarted ISIS infiltration in the Siniyah island inthe Salah al-Din province.

– The 47th Hashad al-Shaabi Brigade killed five ISIS terrorists in a conflict in Jurf al-Nasr (al-Sakhr).

– Two logistical caravans of American terrorists were attacked in Nasiriyah and Babil road. The Qasim al-Jabbarin group took responsibility for the attacks.

– Several Katyusha rockets fired toward the Baqdad security zone.
Moqtada al-Sadr in reply to this attack: The government, with the help of the army, should support civilians and diplomatic centers. Al-Sadr also called on parliament to discuss with the US embassy regarding their occupation and interference in Iraq’s interior affairs.
Hezbollah of Iraq also proclaimed in this respect and spontaneously: The attack on the embassy is an indisciplined act at this time, and Iraqi security officials are obliged to identify and arrest perpetrators.

Iraqi al-Nujaba: the attack on the US embassy was a staging.

– Commemoration martyrdom ceremony of Martyr Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis in the Iraqi parliament with the attendance of personages and some political leaders of this country.

– Reactions to the central bank’s move to reduce the Iraqi dinar value against the dollar.
Ahmed Haji Rashid, a member of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi parliament: One of the reasons to raise the dollar price in Iraq is that the US does not want Iraq’s neighbors to take advantage of its cheapness, and this has been asked of Kadhimi.

– Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraqi prime minister, traveled to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah II.

– Iraqi National Security Agency had a meeting with Masoud and Masrour Barzani. The UN envoy to Iraq also met with Mansour and Nechirvan Barzani.