Shafaq News-Baghdad (Updated at 22:03)
The FederalIntelligence and Investigations Agency (FIIA), a directorate of Iraq's InteriorMinistry, will undergo "changes in strategy" to meet current securitychallenges, its newly installed head, Lieutenant General Falah Shaghati, toldShafaq News on Wednesday in his first remarks after taking office.
He pledgedto continue developing the agency's intelligence performance and strengtheningits capabilities.
Shaghatiassumed his duties formally on Wednesday, one day after his appointment byPrime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of theArmed Forces.
Before theappointment, he served as assistant to former Interior Minister Abdul Amiral-Shammari for intelligence affairs, and was also selected as assistant to theSecretary-General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, a regional bodycoordinating security policy among Arab states, by a vote of the council at itsmeeting on February 26, 2024.