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The head of Iraq’s National Intelligence Service, Hamid al-Shatri, stated on Monday that Baghdad sent direct messages to Damascus about security threats posed to Iraq by ISIS cells in the Syrian desert regions.
During a session of the Baghdad Dialogue conference on Monday, Shatri stated that “The recent events in Syria represent a turning point in the region,” expressing his hope that “this will contribute to enhancing stability, despite some concerns related to the presence of armed groups and places of conflict in the region.”
In December, militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an ISIS offshoot, took power in Damascus, toppling the government of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad after 14 years of war. HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani), a former deputy to deceased ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appointed himself president of Syria last month.
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Shatri added that “Iraqi and Syrian arenas are closely interconnected, and what is happening in Syria directly affects Iraq, and vice versa, and Iraq has sent clear security messages to Syria about the threats posed by some extremist groups, as Iraq has been…
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