Shafaq News
Below is a summary of key security and public safetyincidents reported across Iraq on January 19.
- AinAl-Asad under full Iraqi control (Al-Anbar)
Iraqi special forces continued duties at Ain Al-AsadAir Base alongside army units under a command structure overseen by the armychief of staff, following the withdrawal of Global Coalition advisers.
- PMFreinforces Syria border positions (Baghdad)
The Popular Mobilization Forces deployed its 25thBrigade along the Syria border as part of a security plan to bolster operationsand prevent exploitation of border gaps, amid growing tensions in northeasternSyria.
- Antiquitiestrafficking suspects arrested (Wasit)
Wasit police arrested two suspects trading inantiquities and seized 25 valuable artifacts during an intelligence-led ambush.
- Securitymember killed in shooting (Kirkuk)
An off-duty security member died after unknown gunmenopened fire while he was fishing in Kirkuk, prompting an investigation andmanhunt.
- Internationaldrug trafficker detained, extradited (Baghdad)
Iraq’s anti-narcotics directorate arrested ahigh-profile international drug trafficker inside Syria and transferred him toIraq through coordinated action with Syrian counterparts.
- Teenrescued after self-immolation attempt (Najaf)
Authorities rescued a girl, 16, with severe burnsafter she set herself alight in Wadi Al-Salam cemetery, with investigatorsexamining a complaint she filed against family members.
