BAGHDAD: Unidentified gunmen killed a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in an area east of Baghdad on Monday, Al Arabiya channel reported.
The assassination came after the Iraqi Intelligence Service had foiled multiple operations that were planned against civilians.
The intelligence agency said Col. Nebras Faraman Chaaban was killed by a “cowardly and treacherous operation” in a “desperate bid to stop him from carrying his duties.”
Earlier in March an intelligence officer was killed in an area west of the Iraqi capital.
The assassinations coincide with the continuation of military operations against Deash, despite its defeat years ago.
During Col. Chaaban’s years of service, he played a major role in serving his country and fighting terrorism and organized crime, the statement said.
The intelligence service vowed to punish the culprits and continue fighting what the statement described as “enemies of Iraq until achieving victory.”
Senior Iraqi intelligence officer gunned down in ‘cowardly and treacherous’ operation
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Senior Iraqi intelligence officer gunned down in ‘cowardly and treacherous’ operation
- Assassination came after Iraqi Intelligence Service had foiled multiple operations planned against civilians
Algeria inaugurates strategic railway to giant Sahara mine
- The mine is expected to produce 4 million tons per year during the initial phase, with production projected to triple to 12 million tons per year by 2030
- The project is financed by the Algerian state and partly built by a Chinese consortium
ALGEIRS: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday inaugurated a nearly 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) desert railway to transport iron ore from a giant mine, a project he called one of the biggest in the country’s history.
The line will bring iron ore from the Gara Djebilet deposit in the south to the city of Bechar located 950 kilometers north, to be taken to a steel production plant near Oran further north.
The project is financed by the Algerian state and partly built by a Chinese consortium.
During the inauguration, Tebboune described it as “one of the largest strategic projects in the history of independent Algeria.”
This project aims to increase Algeria’s iron ore extraction capacity, as the country aspires to become one of Africa’s leading steel producers.
The iron ore deposit is also seen as a key driver of Algeria’s economic diversification as it seeks to reduce its reliance on hydrocarbons, according to experts.
President Tebboune attended an inauguration ceremony in Bechar, welcoming the first passenger train from Tindouf in southern Algeria and sending toward the north a first charge of iron ore, according to footage broadcast on national television.
The mine is expected to produce 4 million tons per year during the initial phase, with production projected to triple to 12 million tons per year by 2030, according to estimates by the state-owned Feraal Group, which manages the site.
It is then expected to reach 50 million tons per year in the long term, it said.
The start of operations at the mine will allow Algeria to drastically reduce its iron ore imports and save $1.2 billion per year, according to Algerian media.
