BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister says his country could help repatriate captured Daesh group fighters to their countries if asked.
At his weekly presser late Tuesday, Adel Abdul-Mahdi says Iraq would put on trial foreign fighters who participated in terror attacks in Iraq.
“It is one battle and Iraq should fulfill its duties and obligations,” he said.
During a visit to France this week, Iraqi President Barham Saleh said among the militants who will be put on trial in Iraq are 13 suspected French nationals who have been transferred to Iraq from Syria.
Iraq has received more than 200 Iraqi IS militants from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia in two successive batches last week, out of an estimated more than 500.
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Iraq says it can help return Daesh fighters to their countries
Iraq says it can help return Daesh fighters to their countries
- President Barham Saleh said 13 French Daesh fighters will be tried in Iraq
- Syrian Democratic Forces delivered more than 200 Iraqi Daesh militants last week to Iraq
Iran’s Larijani attends Tehran march, dismisses attacks
- Iran’s national security chief Ali Larijani on Friday openly attended a mass rally in Tehran, dismissing the latest Israeli-US attacks on the capital as being “out of desperation“
TEHRAN: Iran’s national security chief Ali Larijani on Friday openly attended a mass rally in Tehran, dismissing the latest Israeli-US attacks on the capital as being “out of desperation.”
“These attacks are out of fear, out of desperation. One who is strong wouldn’t bomb demonstrations at all. It’s clear that it has failed,” Larijani told state TV while marching for the annual Quds Day rally in support of the Palestinian cause.
A Woman killed after a US-Israeli airstrike hit the vicinity of the Tehran rally on Friday.
The attendance by Larijani was one of the most high-profile public appearances by an Iranian official since the February 28 strike that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials. National police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan also attended, state TV pictures showed.
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