Iraq discusses securing diplomatic missions, strengthening state authority
Iraqi President Barham Salih during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq on September 02, 2020 [Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency] December 25, 2020 at 4:02 am
Iraqi President Barham Salih and Defence Minister Jumah Inad discussed measures on Thursday to secure diplomatic missions and strengthen state authority.
According to a statement issued by the Iraqi presidency, this came a few days after the launch of missile attacks on the heavily-fortified Green Zone in the capital of Baghdad.
The statement disclosed that the two officials: Discussed recent security developments, strengthening the authority of the state and the security services in order to impose order, pursuing outlaw terrorist groups, stopping their activities and bringing them to justice.
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Christmas Unites a Divided Iraq
Parliamentâs unanimous vote to make Jesusâ birth an annual holiday succeeds where other national holidays have failed.
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Priests lead a Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna church in Qaraqosh on December 25, 2016 in Mosul, Iraq.
Seventeen years since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the fractious Iraqi nation divided mostly between Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Muslims remains unable to agree on a national day.
But they can agree on Christmas.
Last week, the parliament unanimously passed a law to make Christmas a “national holiday, with annual frequency.”
The latter phrase gave great “joy and satisfaction” to Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Last October, he presented an official request to Iraqi President Barham Salih to make Christmas a permanent public holiday.