🇮🇶🤝🇫🇷 — Security Media Cell reports Deputy Commander of Joint Operations S-General Dr. Qais Al-Mohammedawi met with French Military Attaché Rear-Admiral Emmanuel Slaars to discuss joint training exercises and combating terrorism.

🇮🇶 — Zowaa: Some competing groups have launched malicious propaganda with the aim of undermining the morale of voters. They’ve promoted ads alleging the withdrawal of our coalition’s candidates (Athra Alliance) in Nineveh and other provinces where we have nominated candidates. We affirm to all our supporters, voters, and friends that these statements and small-scale propaganda are baseless and intended to disrupt our voters and the masses.

✝️ — During a recent meeting, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III Royel discussed the ongoing unity efforts between the Eastern Churches, the challenges of emigration faced by the Assyrian community, and a groundbreaking agreement securing the preservation of the Church’s invaluable manuscripts.

🇮🇶❌🇮🇶 — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed shares a report alleging that PM Al-Sudani informed the resistance factions who are attacking U.S. forces that he will not be responsible for future U.S. retaliations on these factions.

🏴❌🇮🇷 — An Iranian commander was killed along with two militia soldiers of Syrian nationality, four days ago in the town of Al-Sayyal, east of Deir Ezzor, as a result of their car being targeted with machine guns, by unknown persons believed to be from Daesh.

🌏 — U.S. CENTCOM: On December 13-14, General Michael Erik Kurilla, U.S. Central Command Commander, traveled to Iraq and Syria to meet with key leaders, partner forces, and U.S. Service Members.

The leaders discussed current regional and local security concerns with a particular emphasis on the attacks against U.S. forces.

🇮🇶🤝🇺🇸 — PM Al-Sudani states that it is in Iraq’s interests to maintain relations with the U.S., especially in light of the Strategic Framework Agreement between Baghdad and Washington.

🇮🇷 — The IRGC is conducting military exercises, especially focusing on mortar training, for its members in the vicinity of Al-Bukamal city, east of Deir ez-Zor, and near the Syrian-Iraqi border.

🇸🇾❌🏴 — The SDF Anti-Terror Units (YAT) in cooperation with the international coalition forces, carried out a precise security operation in the city of Raqqa, leading to the arrest of terrorist Abdul Basit Al-Hajji.

The terrorist Abdul Basit was active in planning operations for ISIS and participated in launching attacks against SDF forces and civilians alike.